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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Planters' Bank v. Sharp 47 U.S. 301 1848 1 United States
Eyre v. Potter 56 U.S. 42 1853 1 United States
The Eutaw 79 U.S. 136 1870 1 United States
Sparrow v. Strong 70 U.S. 97 1865 1 United States
In re Pace 521 B.R. 124 2014 1 United States
In re Weiss 4 B.R. 327 1980 1 United States
Barreda v. Silsbee 62 U.S. 146 1858 1 United States
Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., Inc. v. Ballou 856 F. Supp. 2d 860 2012 1 United States
Fakouri v. Cadais 147 F.2d 667 1945 1 United States
Columbia Wire Co. v. Boyce 104 F. 172 1900 1 United States
Palmer v. Lititz Mut. Ins. 113 F. Supp. 857 1953 1 United States
Joyce v. Cockrill 92 F. 838 1899 1 United States
Yerger v. Jones 57 U.S. 30 1853 1 United States
Flanders v. Thompson 9 F. Cas. 244 1876 1 United States
Bank of North Carolina v. Dewey 2 F. Cas. 670 1879 1 United States
United States v. Bowen 4 D.C. 604 1835 0 Murder United States
Love v. United States 889 F. Supp. 1548 1994 1 United States
Life & Fire Insurance v. Adams 34 U.S. 573 1835 1 United States
Smyth v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. 93 F. 899 1899 1 United States
Davila v. Mumford 65 U.S. 214 1860 1 United States