Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Sears v. Eastburn 51 U.S. 187 1850 1 United States
New Orleans v. Steamship Co. 87 U.S. 387 1874 1 United States
McClean v. Miller 15 F. Cas. 1267 1825 1 United States
United States v. Clark 25 F. Cas. 441 1825 1 United States
Whitaker v. Bramson 29 F. Cas. 947 1855 1 United States
United States v. Slusky 514 F.2d 1222 1975 1 United States
Palmer v. Cassin 18 F. Cas. 1026 1812 1 United States
Nicholls v. Johns 18 F. Cas. 181 1812 1 United States
United States v. Patrick 27 F. Cas. 460 1812 1 United States
United States v. Messerlian 633 F. Supp. 1493 1986 1 United States
Birch v. Gittings 3 F. Cas. 425 1812 1 United States
Smith v. Potts 22 F. Cas. 629 1803 1 United States
Udall v. Wisconsin 306 F.2d 790 1962 1 United States
United States v. Rhodes 27 F. Cas. 794 1807 1 United States
United States v. McLaughlin 26 F. Cas. 1126 1807 1 United States
United States v. King 26 F. Cas. 786 1807 1 United States
Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. 321 F.2d 518 1963 1 United States
Thompson v. Hawks 14 F. 902 1883 1 United States
Brown v. Memphis & C. R. 7 F. 51 1881 1 United States
Phillips v. Chandler 215 B.R. 684 1997 1 United States