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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Messinger v. Anderson 171 F. 785 1909 1 United States
Hodgson v. Butts 7 U.S. 140 1805 1 United States
Garland v. Davis 45 U.S. 131 1846 1 United States
Brown v. Walker 161 U.S. 591 1896 1 United States
Griese-Traylor Corp. v. First National Bank 572 F.2d 1039 1978 1 United States
Kozan v. Comstock 270 F.2d 839 1959 1 United States
Britton v. Green 325 F.2d 377 1963 1 United States
Spires v. Willison 8 U.S. 398 1808 1 United States
Basket v. Hassell 108 U.S. 267 1883 1 United States
Swift v. Kortrecht 112 F. 709 1902 1 United States
Bank of Sherman v. Apperson 4 F. 25 1880 1 United States
Stutsman County v. Wallace 142 U.S. 293 1892 1 United States
Bank of America v. Greene 465 B.R. 789 2012 1 United States
United States v. Goldstein 386 F. Supp. 833 1973 1 United States
Brewer v. Jacobs 22 F. 217 1884 1 United States
McGowan v. Maryland 366 U.S. 420 1961 1 United States
In re Clairfield Lumber Co. 194 F. 181 1911 1 United States
Horseshoe Mining Co. v. Miners' Ore Sampling Co. 147 F. 517 1906 1 United States
Thomas v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. 81 F. 911 1897 1 United States
City Stores Co. v. Smith 154 F. Supp. 348 1957 1 United States