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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Woolridge v. McKenna 8 F. 650 1881 1 United States
Maxwell v. Hixson 383 F. Supp. 320 1974 1 United States
Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. v. Hardwick 118 F. Supp. 485 1953 1 United States
Jordan v. Bridges 132 F. 362 1904 1 United States
Hart v. Knox County 79 F. Supp. 654 1948 1 United States
Consumer Lease Network, Inc. v. Puckett (In re Puckett) 60 B.R. 223 1986 1 United States
Martin v. Smith 16 F. Cas. 896 1870 1 United States
Basket v. Hassell 108 U.S. 267 1883 1 United States
In re Clairfield Lumber Co. 194 F. 181 1911 1 United States
Bullard v. Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad 122 U.S. 167 1887 1 United States
United States v. $119,030.00 in U.S. Currency 955 F. Supp. 2d 569 2013 1 forfeiture United States
United States v. Costello 666 F.3d 1040 2012 1 sheltering undocumented immigrant United States
City Stores Co. v. Smith 154 F. Supp. 348 1957 1 United States
Fuller v. Montague 59 F. 212 1893 1 United States
The Roanoke 189 U.S. 185 1903 1 United States
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance v. Royall 588 F. Supp. 2d 1306 2008 1 United States
Fitchner v. American Surety Co. 2 F. Supp. 321 1933 1 United States
Stillman v. The Buckeye State 23 F. Cas. 82 1856 1 United States
Combs v. Tennessee 530 F.2d 695 1976 1 United States
Brandt v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co. 4 F. Cas. 26 1874 1 United States