Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Thomas v. Woods 173 F. 585 1909 1 United States
Union Trust Co. v. Morrison 125 U.S. 591 1888 1 United States
London Assurance Co. v. Drennen 116 U.S. 461 1886 1 United States
Denton v. International Co. of Mexico 36 F. 1 1888 1 United States
Merrill v. Fahs 51 F. Supp. 120 1943 1 United States
Denver & Rio Grande Railway v. Harris 122 U.S. 597 1887 1 United States
Coulter v. Stafford 48 F. 266 1891 1 United States
Hyman v. Porter (In re Porter) 37 B.R. 56 1984 1 United States
United States v. 625.91 Acres of Land 49 F. Supp. 997 1943 1 United States
United States v. Kambeitz 256 F. 247 1919 1 United States
Reading Co. v. Koons 271 U.S. 58 1926 1 United States
Booker v. Crocker 132 F. 7 1904 1 United States
Daeche v. United States 250 F. 566 1918 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
Perkins v. ELG 99 F.2d 408 1938 1 United States
Evans v. Walter Industries, Inc. 579 F. Supp. 2d 1349 2008 1 United States
Ries v. Rowland 11 F. 657 1882 1 United States
Bach v. Pataki 408 F.3d 75 2005 1 United States
Silveira v. Lockyer 328 F.3d 567 2003 1 United States
Degge v. Hitchcock 229 U.S. 162 1913 1 United States