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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad 116 N.Y. 628 1889 1 New York
Spaulding v. O'Brien 26 Misc. 184 1899 1 New York
Spaulding v. O'Brien 56 N.Y.S. 1095 1899 1 New York
People v. Dempsey 66 How. Pr. 371 1884 1 New York
Shearman v. Niagara Fire Insurance 32 N.Y. Super. Ct. 470 1870 1 New York
In re Acquiring Title by The City of New York 217 N.Y. 1 1916 1 New York
In re Lake Charles Retail Dev. LLC No. 13-44093, 2014 WL 4948234, at *5 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2014) 2014 1 execution New York
In re Chateaugay Corp. 922 F.2d 86, 91 (2d Cir. 1990) 1990 1 bankruptcy NY
Schwartz v. Torrenzano 49 Misc. 3d 943 2015 1 public policy exception New York
Jackson ex dem. Suffern v. McConnell 19 Wend. 175 1838 1 New York
Chapman v. Erie Railway Co. 1 Thomp. & Cook 526 1873 1 New York
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York
People ex rel. Eakins v. Roosevelt 14 Misc. 531 1895 1 New York
Hall v. Stryker 9 Abb. Pr. 342 1858 1 New York
In re Estate of Blackstone 47 Misc. 538 1905 1 New York
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Lyden 64 Misc. 597 1909 1 New York
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York 3 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Beekman v. People 27 Barb. 260 1858 1 New York
Levy v. Levy 33 N.Y. 97 1865 1 New York