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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Burnhisel v. Firman 89 U.S. 170 1874 1 United States
Thomas v. United States 121 F.2d 905 1941 1 United States
Riggles v. Erney 154 U.S. 244 1894 1 United States
Berwind White Coal Mining Co. v. City of New York 48 F.2d 105 1931 1 United States
Chattanooga, R. & C. R. v. Evans 66 F. 809 1895 1 United States
Jourolmon v. Ewing 80 F. 604 1897 1 United States
Smith v. Black 115 U.S. 308 1885 1 United States
Noyes v. Parker 92 F.2d 562 1937 1 United States
Williams v. North Carolina 325 U.S. 226 1945 1 United States
Logan v. Greenlaw 25 F. 299 1885 1 United States
McKnight v. Taylor 42 U.S. 161 1843 1 United States
Erwin v. United States 13 Ct. Cl. 49 1877 1 United States
H. A. Levanne Co. v. Katz 156 F. Supp. 636 1957 1 United States
Mexican Cent. Ry. Co. v. Glover 107 F. 356 1901 1 United States
Fletcher v. Fuller 120 U.S. 534 1887 1 United States
Wallace v. Godfrey 42 F. 812 1890 1 United States
Shevlin-Carpenter Co. v. Minnesota 218 U.S. 57 1910 1 United States
Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Wall 241 U.S. 87 1916 1 United States
National Masonic Acc. Ass’n of Des Moines v. Shryock 73 F. 774 1896 1 United States
United States v. Brown 24 F. Cas. 1250 1830 1 United States