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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
United States v. Patton 451 F.3d 615 2006 1 United States
Igartúa-de la Rosa v. United States 417 F.3d 145 2005 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 375 F. Supp. 2d 721 2005 1 United States
Ayers v. Peterson 130 F. App'x 666 2005 1 United States
Lagandaon v. Ashcroft 383 F.3d 983 2004 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 304 F. Supp. 2d 1027 2004 1 United States
Four Packages v. United States 97 U.S. 404 1878 1 United States
Silveira v. Lockyer 328 F.3d 567 2003 1 United States
United States v. Emerson 270 F.3d 203 2001 1 United States
The Venus 12 U.S. 253 1814 1 United States
Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'n v. Cohen 194 F.2d 232 1952 1 United States
Estate of Watson v. Commissioner 94 T.C. 262 1990 1 United States
United States v. Joles 251 F. 417 1917 1 United States
United States v. Bank of Clarksdale 346 F.2d 638 1965 1 United States
South Carolina Public Service Authority v. New York Casualty Co. 74 F. Supp. 831 1947 1 United States
In re Rodriguez 81 F. 337 1897 1 United States
In re Schumpert 21 F. Cas. 756 1873 1 United States
Luria v. United States 231 U.S. 9 1913 1 United States
Stinson v. Williamson (In re Williamson) 844 F.2d 1166 1988 1 United States
Harding v. Standard Oil Co. 182 F. 421 1910 1 United States