Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
In re Hammett 286 F. 392 1923 1 United States
Fontaine v. McNab 154 U.S. 652 1880 1 United States
Pye v. Jenkins 4 D.C. 541 1835 1 United States
Pye v. Jenkins 20 F. Cas. 95 1835 1 United States
Hammekin v. Clayton 11 F. Cas. 375 1874 1 United States
Case v. Beauregard 99 U.S. 119 1878 1 United States
Case v. Beauregard 101 U.S. 688 1879 1 United States
State of Virginia v. Felts 133 F. 85 1904 1 United States
Osterman v. Baldwin 73 U.S. 116 1867 1 United States
Cross v. De Valle 6 F. Cas. 887 1859 1 United States
Dreyer v. Kicklighter 228 F. 744 1916 1 United States
Downs v. Kissam 51 U.S. 102 1850 1 United States
Robertson v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 946 1820 1 United States
Fechheimer v. Baum 43 F. 719 1890 1 United States
Bowen v. Mount Vernon Sav. Bank 105 F.2d 796 1939 1 United States
Pierpont v. Fowle 19 F. Cas. 652 1846 1 United States
Ex parte Sifford 22 F. Cas. 105 1857 1 United States
Smith v. Packard 98 F. 793 1900 1 United States
United States v. Mandel 415 F. Supp. 1033 1976 1 United States
Otto v. Niles (In re Niles) 106 F.3d 1456 1997 1 United States