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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Elk v. Wilkins 112 U.S. 94 1884 1 United States
Plessy v. Ferguson 163 U.S. 537 1896 1 United States
United States v. Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 1898 1 United States
Spencer v. Carlson 36 Or. 364 1900 1 Oregon
Ex parte Ortiz 100 F. 955 1900 1 United States
Goetze v. United States 103 F. 72 1900 1 United States
City of St. Louis v. McCann 157 Mo. 301 1900 1 Missouri
Littell v. Erie R. Co. 105 F. 539 1900 1 United States
De Lima v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 1 1901 1 United States
Downes v. Bidwell 182 U.S. 244 1901 1 United States
Freer v. Davis 52 W. Va. 1 1902 1 West Virginia
Mayer v. United States 38 Ct. Cl. 553 1903 1 United States
Gibbs v. Gibbs 26 Utah 382 1903 1 Utah
In re Silkman 84 N.Y.S. 1025 1903 1 New York
Anglo-American Provision Co. v. Davis Provision Co. No. 2 191 U.S. 376 1903 1 United States
Dorr v. United States 195 U.S. 138 1904 1 United States
Kepner v. United States 195 U.S. 100 1904 1 United States
A. Booth & Co. v. Weigand 28 Utah 372 1904 1 Utah
South Carolina v. United States 199 U.S. 437 1905 1 United States
Soutter v. D'Auxy 1 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 364 1898 1 Illinois