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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Merrigan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 43 F. Supp. 209 1942 1 United States
Andry v. Maryland Casualty Co. 244 F. Supp. 143 1965 1 United States
Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co. v. Radcliffe 137 U.S. 287 1890 1 United States
Arnold v. Danziger 30 F. 898 1887 1 United States
Press Pub. Co. v. McDonald 63 F. 238 1894 1 United States
Gaines v. Relf 53 U.S. 472 1851 1 United States
Geilinger v. Philippi 133 U.S. 246 1890 1 United States
Colley v. Canal Bank & Trust Co. 64 F. Supp. 1016 1946 1 United States
Daroca v. Metropolitan Life Ins. 121 F.2d 917 1941 1 United States
Olsen v. Shell Oil Co. 561 F.2d 1178 1977 1 United States
Wolfe v. Hurley 46 F.2d 515 1930 1 United States
Mathews v. Springer 16 F. Cas. 1096 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves could accept benefits left to them in a will United States
Gillespie v. McKnight 10 F. Cas. 385 1870 0 Fraudulent conveyance of property to avoid creditors United States
Life & Fire Insurance v. Adams 34 U.S. 573 1835 1 United States
Fisher v. Henderson 9 F. Cas. 132 1873 0 Voidability of a conveyance of land and slaves United States
Griffin v. United States 502 U.S. 46 1991 1 United States
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore v. Commissioner 42 B.T.A. 145 1940 1 United States
United States v. Gattis 877 F.3d 150 2017 1 United States
Hagan v. Lucas 35 U.S. 400 1836 0 United States
Hall v. Gurley Milling Co. of Selma, N. C., Inc. 347 F. Supp. 13 1972 1 United States