Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Potter v. Beal 50 F. 860 1892 1 United States
Sawyer v. Parish of Concordia 12 F. 754 1882 1 United States
Davis v. Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. R. 146 F. 403 1906 1 United States
Eddy v. Eddy 168 F. 590 1909 1 United States
Dufour v. Lang 54 F. 913 1892 1 United States
Henderson v. Wadsworth 115 U.S. 264 1885 1 United States
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 Appeal of conviction of being out past curfew. United States
Miller v. Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. 499 F.2d 342 1974 1 United States
Smith v. Lanes 825 F.2d 81 1987 1 United States
United States v. Scott 74 F. 213 1895 1 United States
Levin v. United States 128 F. 826 1904 1 United States
Calkins v. Corey 675 F.2d 44 1982 1 United States
Lockwood v. Snookies, Inc. (In re F.D.R. Hickory House, Inc.) 60 F.3d 724 1995 1 United States
United States v. Dennis 926 F.2d 768 1991 1 United States
United States v. Thomas 2 D.C. 36 1811 0 Parol Evidence United States
Taylor v. Buckner 23 F. Cas. 737 1835 0 Freedom Suit/ Petition United States
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Gaines v. City of New Orleans 17 F. 16 1883 1 United States
Louisville, N. A. & C. Ry. Co. v. Pope 74 F. 1 1896 1 United States
In re T. H. Thompson Milling Co. 144 F. 314 1906 1 United States