Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Liberty Surplus Insurance 550 F.3d 1031 2008 1 United States
Shell Oil Co. v. State Tire & Oil Co. 126 F.2d 971 1942 1 United States
Ferrell v. Southern Financial, Inc. (In re Ferrell) 175 B.R. 222 1994 1 United States
Mathews v. Springer 16 F. Cas. 1096 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves could accept benefits left to them in a will United States
United States v. Pine River Logging & Improvement Co. 78 F. 319 1897 1 United States
United States v. Pine River Logging & Improvement Co. 89 F. 907 1898 1 United States
Elk Garden Co. v. T. W. Thayer Co. 206 F. 212 1913 1 United States
Bowles v. Field 78 F. 742 1897 1 United States
Shilkret v. Helvering 138 F.2d 925 1943 1 United States
Den v. Baskerville 52 U.S. 329 1850 1 United States
Hux v. Butler 220 F. Supp. 35 1963 1 United States
Watson v. McCabe 381 F. Supp. 1124 1974 1 United States
Swift v. Kortrecht 112 F. 709 1902 1 United States
Brewer v. Jacobs 22 F. 217 1884 1 United States
Neves v. Scott 54 U.S. 268 1851 1 United States
Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States 208 U.S. 452 1908 1 United States
Commodores Point Terminal Co. v. Hudnall 283 F. 150 1922 1 United States
Currell v. Villars 72 F. 330 1896 1 United States
Hewitt v. Great Western Beet Sugar Co. 230 F. 394 1916 1 United States
People's Savings Bank v. Bates 120 U.S. 556 1887 1 United States