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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lefmann v. Brill 142 F. 44 1905 1 United States
Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. 337 U.S. 682 1949 1 United States
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Johnson 254 U.S. 96 1920 1 United States
Simmons v. United States 120 F. Supp. 641 1954 1 United States
New York Life Insurance v. Johnson 923 F.2d 279 1991 1 United States
Burkert v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of America 287 F.3d 293 2002 1 United States
Calvert v. Bradley 57 U.S. 580 1853 1 United States
Power v. Davis 10 D.C. 153 1881 1 District of Columbia
Durkheimer v. Commissioner 41 B.T.A. 585 1940 1 United States
Brown v. Clarke 45 U.S. 4 1846 1 United States
Philco Corp. v. Radio Corp. 186 F. Supp. 155 1960 1 United States
Buck v. Colbath 70 U.S. 334 1865 1 United States
Watson v. Jones 80 U.S. 679 1871 1 United States
Taylor v. Taintor 83 U.S. 366 1872 1 United States
Beckett v. School Board of the City of Norfolk 308 F. Supp. 1274 1969 1 United States
Great Falls Manufacturing Co. v. United States 16 Ct. Cl. 160 1880 1 United States
Richardson v. Chrysler Motors Corp. 257 F. Supp. 547 1966 1 United States
Six Twenty-Nine Productions, Inc. v. Rollins Telecasting, Inc. 365 F.2d 478 1966 1 United States
Industrial Building Materials, Inc. v. Interchemical Corp. 278 F. Supp. 938 1967 1 United States
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States