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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bissell v. Hopkins 3 Cow. 166 1824 1 New York
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Sinnott v. Feiock 165 N.Y. 444 1901 1 New York
Forrest v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co 195 Misc. 12 1949 1 New York
Perry v. Chester 12 Abb. Pr. 131 1872 1 New York
Anderson v. Jackson 16 Johns. 382 1819 1 New York
Patterson v. Ellis 11 N.Y. 259 1833 1 New York
People v. Petmecky 99 N.Y. 415 1885 1 New York
Deraismes v. Deraismes 72 N.Y. 154 1878 1 New York
Borst v. Crommie 26 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 209 1879 1 New York
Wood v. Seward 4 Redf. 271 1880 1 New York
In re the Estate of Burr 11 Mills Surr. 317 1913 1 New York
In re the Estate of Burr 83 Misc. 240 1913 1 New York
In re Burr's Estate 144 N.Y.S. 926 1913 1 New York
In re the Estate of Gabler 140 Misc. 581 1931 1 New York
Bean v. Bowen 47 How. Pr. 306 1874 1 New York
Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty v. George Law 125 N.Y. 380 1891 1 New York
Lytle v. Beveridge 58 N.Y. 592 1874 1 New York
In re the City of Rochester 136 N.Y. 83 1892 1 New York
People v. Fulda 4 N.Y. Crim. 133 1886 1 New York