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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Patch v. White 117 U.S. 210 1886 1 United States
Hanrick v. Patrick 119 U.S. 156 1886 1 United States
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. 129 U.S. 206 1889 1 United States
Smith v. Vulcan Iron Works 165 U.S. 518 1897 1 United States
Robertson v. Baldwin 165 U.S. 275 1897 1 United States
Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co. 261 U.S. 428 1923 1 United States
Put-in-Bay Waterworks v. Ryan 181 U.S. 409 1901 1 United States
United States v. Mayor of Philadelphia 52 U.S. 609 1850 1 United States
Fairbank v. United States 181 U.S. 283 1901 1 United States
Williams v. Travis 277 F. 134 1922 1 United States
Boynton v. Ball 121 U.S. 457 1887 1 United States
Hagan v. Lucas 35 U.S. 400 1836 0 United States
Goto v. Lane 265 U.S. 393 1924 1 United States
Galatis v. Commissioner 8 B.T.A. 213 1927 1 United States
Beall v. Pinckney 150 F.2d 467 1945 1 United States
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Porter 273 U.S. 341 1927 1 United States
In re Jones 13 F. Cas. 927 1874 0 United States
Oshkosh Waterworks Co. v. Oshkosh 187 U.S. 437 1903 1 United States
Dillon ex rel. Dillon v. Director, Department of Corrections 552 F. Supp. 30 1982 1 United States
In re Hall & Stilson Co. 73 F. 527 1896 1 United States