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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ex parte Anonymous 803 So. 2d 542 2001 1 Alabama
Webster v. Ryan 189 Misc. 2d 86 2001 1 New York
United States v. Emerson 270 F.3d 203 2001 1 United States
Pitts v. Larson 638 N.W.2d 254 2001 1 South Dakota
Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee 351 Ark. 31 2002 1 Arkansas
State ex rel. Diehl v. O'malley 95 S.W.3d 82 2003 1 Missouri
Silveira v. Lockyer 328 F.3d 567 2003 1 United States
Barcroft v. County of Fannin 118 S.W.3d 922 2003 1 Texas
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 304 F. Supp. 2d 1027 2004 1 United States
State v. Dearmas 841 A.2d 659 2004 1 Rhode Island
Lagandaon v. Ashcroft 383 F.3d 983 2004 1 United States
State v. Schwartz 689 N.W.2d 430 2004 1 South Dakota
Ayers v. Peterson 130 F. App'x 666 2005 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 375 F. Supp. 2d 721 2005 1 United States
DeWolf v. A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co. 49 Conn. 282 1881 1 Connecticut
Igartúa-de la Rosa v. United States 417 F.3d 145 2005 1 United States
American Legacy Foundation v. Lorillard Tobacco Co. 886 A.2d 1 2005 1 Delaware
Castillo v. Koppes-Conway 148 P.3d 289 2006 1 Colorado
United States v. Patton 451 F.3d 615 2006 1 United States
Parker v. District of Columbia 375 U.S. App. D.C. 140 2007 1 District of Columbia