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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Bray v. Staples 180 F. 321 1910 1 United States
Peonage Cases 123 F. 671 1903 1 United States
Higbee v. Chadwick 220 F. 873 1915 1 United States
Mercantile Trust Co. v. Chicago, P. & St. L. Ry. Co. 123 F. 389 1903 1 United States
Murray v. Dulany 3 D.C. 343 1828 0 Assault and Battery United States
United States v. Patrick 2 D.C. 66 1812 0 Death Sentence United States
Brown v. American Finance Co. 31 F. 516 1887 1 United States
Nonce v. Richmond & D. R. Co. 33 F. 429 1887 1 United States
Melvin v. Robinson 31 F. 634 1887 1 United States
Senior v. Pierce 31 F. 625 1887 1 United States
Judd v. Bankers’ & Merchants’ Tel. Co. 31 F. 182 1887 1 United States
James Dalzell’s Son & Co. v. The Daniel Kaine 35 F. 785 1888 1 United States
Andrews v. Smith 5 F. 833 1881 1 United States
Ex parte Houghton 7 F. 657 1881 1 United States
In re Campbell 4 F. Cas. 1147 1877 1 United States
Adler, Goldman & Co. v. Roth 5 F. 895 1881 1 United States
United States v. Turner 674 F.3d 420 2012 1 United States
The Johns Hopkins 13 F. 185 1882 1 United States
Whitaker v. Bramson 29 F. Cas. 947 1855 1 United States
The J. W. French 13 F. 916 1882 1 United States