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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
People ex rel. Cauffman v. Van Buren 136 N.Y. 252 1892 1 New York
Merrill v. Rolston 5 Redf. 220 1881 1 New York
In re Fowles’ Will 158 N.Y.S. 456 1916 1 New York
People v. Shaw 63 N.Y. 36 1875 1 New York
Rollwagen v. Rollwagen 5 Thomp. & Cook 402 1875 1 New York
Chace v. Lamphere 58 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 524 1889 1 New York
In re Blackstone’s Estate 95 N.Y.S. 977 1905 1 New York
People v. Welch 57 N.Y. St. Rep. 42 1893 1 New York
In re the Application for a Construction of Last Will & Testament of Grossman 131 Misc. 526 1928 1 New York
Stillings v. Smith 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 488 1887 1 New York
Chace v. Lamphere 4 N.Y.S. 288 1889 1 New York
Chapman v. Erie Railway Co. 55 N.Y. 579 1874 1 New York
Clark v. Pinney 6 Cow. 297 1826 1 New York
Nellis v. Nellis 99 N.Y. 505 1885 1 New York
Goetcheus v. Matthewson 61 N.Y. 420 1875 1 New York
Jackson ex dem. Bogert v. Schauber 7 Cow. 186 1827 1 New York
Rickets v. Livingston 2 Johns. Cas. 97 1800 1 New York
Lauderdale Peerage Claim 17 Abb. N. Cas. 439 1885 1 New York
People v. Stein 35 N.Y. Crim. 117 1916 1 New York
Chapman v. Erie Railway Co. 1 Thomp. & Cook 526 1873 1 New York