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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Smith v. Kniskern 4 Johns. Ch. 9 1819 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Gibbs v. Mennard 6 Paige Ch. 258 1837 0 Recovery for slave Chancery Court of New York
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 450 1815 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 65 1814 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Mann v. Mann 1 Johns. Ch. 231 1814 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Floyd v. Barker 1 Paige Ch. 481 1829 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Frazer v. Western 1 How. App. Cas. 448 1848 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Brush v. Wilkins 4 Johns. Ch. 506 1820 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Williamson v. Parisien 1 Johns. Ch. 389 1815 0 Division of property post divorce Chancery Court of New York
Vedder. v. Evertson 3 Paige Ch. 281 1831 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Van Alst v. Hunter 5 Johns. Ch. 148 1821 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Van Horne v. Fonda 5 Johns. Ch. 388 1821 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Van Epps v. Van Deusen 4 Paige Ch. 64 1833 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Dodge v. Manning 11 Paige Ch. 334 1844 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Gibbs v. Mermaud 2 Edw. Ch. 482 1835 0 Chancery Court of New York
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
United States v. Malebran 26 F. Cas. 1145 1820 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. New York
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. New York
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1013 1851 0 Charge to Grand Jury - Fugutive Slave Law Circuit Court, N.D. New York