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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sawyer v. Bennett 49 N.Y. St. Rep. 774 1892 1 New York
Willover v. Hill 72 N.Y. 36 1878 1 New York
Cruikshank v. Gordon 118 N.Y. 178 1890 1 New York
Sawyer v. Bennett 28 Abb. N. Cas. 393 1892 1 New York
Patten v. Harper’s Weekly Corp. 158 N.Y.S. 70 1916 1 New York
Taplin v. Wilson 6 Thomp. & Cook 502 1875 1 New York
Haviland v. Willets 141 N.Y. 35 1894 1 New York
In re the Estate of Klitenik 53 Misc. 2d 955 1967 1 New York
In re Mericlo 63 How. Pr. 62 1882 1 New York
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Davenport 2 Mills Surr. 534 1902 1 New York
Hoyle v. Plattsburgh & Montreal Railroad 51 Barb. 45 1868 1 New York
Carpenter v. Black Hawk Gold Mining Co. 65 N.Y. 43 1875 1 New York
Menagh v. Whitwell 52 N.Y. 146 1873 1 New York
In re Kirk 1 Park. Crim. Rep. 67 1846 1 New York
People ex rel. McKenna v. Kennedy 28 N.Y. Crim. 333 1912 1 New York
People ex rel. McKenna v. Kennedy 78 Misc. 482 1912 1 New York
In re Berrien’s Will 5 N.Y.S. 37 1889 1 New York
La Bau v. Vanderbilt 3 Redf. 384 1879 1 New York
Strong v. Strong 1 Abb. Pr. 358 1865 1 New York
In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Miner 146 N.Y. 121 1895 1 New York