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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Mills v. Green 67 F. 818 1895 1 United States
Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan 111 U.S. 379 1884 1 United States
Elk v. Wilkins 112 U.S. 94 1884 1 United States
Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 1896 1 United States
United States v. Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 1898 1 United States
Ex parte Ortiz 100 F. 955 1900 1 United States
Goetze v. United States 103 F. 72 1900 1 United States
Littell v. Erie R. Co. 105 F. 539 1900 1 United States
De Lima v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 1 1901 1 United States
Downes v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 244 1901 1 United States
Mayer v. United States 38 Ct. Cl. 553 1903 1 United States
Anglo-American Provision Co. v. Davis Provision Co. No. 2 191 U.S. 376 1903 1 United States
Dorr v. United States 195 U.S. 138 1904 1 United States
Kepner v. United States 195 U.S. 100 1904 1 United States
South Carolina v. United States 199 U.S. 437 1905 1 United States
Harding v. Standard Oil Co. 182 F. 421 1910 1 United States
Luria v. United States 231 U.S. 9 1913 1 United States
In re Rodriguez 81 F. 337 1897 1 United States
Four Packages v. United States 97 U.S. 404 1878 1 United States
Alexander v. Crollott 199 U.S. 580 1905 1 United States