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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Peisch v. Dickson 19 F. Cas. 123 1815 1 United States
Nichols, Shepherd & Co. v. Knowles 17 F. 494 1881 1 United States
Hubbird v. Goin 137 F. 822 1905 1 United States
United States v. Bullard 103 F. 256 1900 1 United States
Lippincott v. Mitchell 94 U.S. 767 1876 1 United States
Ex parte Deane 7 F. Cas. 306 1811 0 Habeus Petition/ Jurisdiction of Local Government United States
Bright v. Buckman 39 F. 243 1889 1 United States
Bell v. Mayor of Vicksburg 64 U.S. 443 1859 1 United States
Shanks v. Globe Metallurgical, Inc. 390 F. Supp. 3d 1323 2019 1 United States
Thompson v. McConnell 107 F. 33 1901 1 United States
Linares v. Bianchi 10 P.R. Fed. 111 1917 1 United States
Geddes v. Livingston 804 F.2d 1219 1986 1 United States
Sheehy v. O'Donoghue 94 F.2d 252 1937 1 United States
Paxson v. Brown 61 F. 874 1894 1 United States
Bishop v. Bishop 257 F.2d 495 1958 1 United States
Bishop v. Bishop 3 V.I. 655 1958 1 United States
In re Sandefer 47 B.R. 133 1985 1 United States
Robertson v. United States 199 F. Supp. 78 1961 1 United States
London Assurance Co. v. Drennen 116 U.S. 461 1886 1 United States
Shelby v. Guy 24 U.S. 361 1826 0 Wills & Estates United States