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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
American General Life Insurance v. Wilkes 619 F. Supp. 2d 252 2008 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 304 F. Supp. 2d 1027 2004 1 United States
Sickles v. City of New Orleans 80 F. 868 1897 1 United States
Stephens v. Brown & Root, Inc. 338 F. Supp. 680 1971 1 United States
Mercantile Trust Co. v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. 69 F. 193 1895 1 United States
Takao Ozawa v. United States 260 U.S. 178 1922 1 United States
Haggart v. Wilczinski 143 F. 22 1906 1 United States
Crescent City Live Stock Co. v. Batchers' Union Slaughter-House Co. 120 U.S. 141 1887 1 United States
Lunt v. Boston Marine Ins. 6 F. 562 1881 1 United States
Munn v. Illinois 94 U.S. 113 1876 1 United States
Strauder v. West Virginia 100 U.S. 303 1879 1 United States
Civil Rights Cases 109 U.S. 3 1883 1 United States
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida 517 U.S. 44 1996 1 United States
Myers v. United States 272 U.S. 52 1926 1 United States
Ex parte Young 209 U.S. 123 1908 1 United States
Lagandaon v. Ashcroft 383 F.3d 983 2004 1 United States
Estate of Sells v. Commissioner 10 T.C. 692 1948 1 United States
Ayers v. Peterson 130 F. App'x 666 2005 1 United States
In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation 375 F. Supp. 2d 721 2005 1 United States
Igartúa-de la Rosa v. United States 417 F.3d 145 2005 1 United States