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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Hunnicutt v. Peyton 102 U.S. 333 1880 1 United States
United States v. Tom 2 D.C. 114 1815 0 Manslaughter United States
Clay v. United States 66 F. Supp. 99 1946 1 United States
Maas v. Lonstorf 166 F. 41 1908 1 United States
Sam v. Green 2 D.C. 165 1819 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. Thomas 13 C.M.A. 278 1962 1 United States
Jeffries v. Olesen 121 F. Supp. 463 1954 1 United States
Ferguson v. Ross 38 F. 161 1889 1 United States
Hauben v. Harmon 605 F.2d 920 1979 1 United States
United States v. Taylor 33 F.2d 608 1929 1 United States
St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Phillips 66 F. 35 1895 1 United States
Time, Inc. v. T.I.M.E. Inc. 123 F. Supp. 446 1954 1 United States
Xiong v. Knight Transporation, Inc. 77 F. Supp. 3d 1016 2014 1 United States
Giles v. California 554 U.S. 353 2008 1 United States
The Venus 12 U.S. 253 1814 1 United States
Rust v. United Waterworks Co. 70 F. 129 1895 1 United States
Merrill v. Fahs 51 F. Supp. 120 1943 1 United States
United States v. Mulholland 50 F. 413 1892 1 United States
Ladd v. Tudor 14 F. Cas. 923 1847 1 United States
Whitfield v. Municipality of Fajardo 564 F.3d 40 2009 1 United States