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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Matheson v. Wharton 96 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 409 1895 1 New York
Matheson v. Wharton 69 N.Y. St. Rep. 829 1895 1 New York
Matheson v. Wharton 35 N.Y.S. 417 1895 1 New York
Spears v. Willis 151 N.Y. 443 1897 1 New York
Ewing v. Wightman 51 N.Y.S. 268 1898 1 New York
Glenn v. Rossler 156 N.Y. 161 1898 1 New York
Davies v. Clark 159 N.Y. 392 1899 1 New York
American Surety Co. of New York v. Board of County Commissioners 77 Minn. 92 1899 1 Minnesota
Tronson v. Colby University 9 N.D. 559 1900 1 North Dakota
Beckrich v. City of North Tonawanda 171 N.Y. 292 1902 1 New York
Gail v. Gail 57 Misc. 545 1908 1 New York
Gail v. Gail 108 N.Y.S. 647 1908 1 New York
Gail v. Gail 112 N.Y.S. 96 1908 1 New York
Clark v. West 122 N.Y.S. 380 1910 1 New York
Collat v. Gottschalk 142 Wis. 503 1910 1 Wisconsin
McCulloch v. Bauer 24 N.D. 109 1912 1 North Dakota
State v. Best 111 N.C. 638 1892 1 North Carolina
McVeety v. Harvey Mercantile Co. 24 N.D. 245 1913 1 North Dakota
Clarke Contracting Co. v. City of New York 229 N.Y. 413 1920 1 New York
Alexander v. Equitable Life Assurance Society 233 N.Y. 300 1922 1 New York