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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Republic Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma 334 U.S. 62 1948 1 United States
Radio Station WOW, Inc. v. Johnson 326 U.S. 120 1945 1 United States
Merrill v. Fahs 324 U.S. 308 1945 1 United States
Reaves v. Oliver 168 U.S. 704 1897 1 United States
Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co. 261 U.S. 428 1923 1 United States
Goto v. Lane 265 U.S. 393 1924 1 United States
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Porter 273 U.S. 341 1927 1 United States
Oshkosh Waterworks Co. v. Oshkosh 187 U.S. 437 1903 1 United States
Bram v. United States 168 U.S. 532 1897 1 United States
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
United States v. Cohn 270 U.S. 339 1926 1 United States
Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co. 264 U.S. 219 1924 1 United States
Barnard v. Gibson 48 U.S. 650 1849 1 United States
In re Campbell 4 F. Cas. 1147 1877 1 United States
United States v. Flowery 25 F. Cas. 1124 1845 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
United States v. Nunnemacher 27 F. Cas. 202 1876 1 United States
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 Action against vessel employed as tender to slavers United States
Parter v. The Friendship 18 F. Cas. 1271 1831 0 Suit for salvage of alleged slave ship United States
Doyle v. Clark 7 F. Cas. 1028 1876 1 United States
United States v. New Bedford Bridge 27 F. Cas. 91 1847 1 United States