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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sheldon v. Sherman 42 N.Y. 484 1870 1 New York
Darling v. Halsey 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 90 1877 1 New York
In re Blackstone’s Estate 95 N.Y.S. 977 1905 1 New York
McCarthy v. Mayor 96 N.Y. 1 1884 1 New York
People v. Myers 48 N.Y. St. Rep. 880 1892 1 New York
Myers v. Dean 132 N.Y. 65 1893 1 New York
Rollwagen v. Rollwagen 5 Thomp. & Cook 402 1875 1 New York
Myers v. Dean 65 N.Y. St. Rep. 462 1895 1 New York
Myers v. Dean 32 N.Y.S. 237 1895 1 New York
Cole v. Hawes 2 Johns. Cas. 203 1801 1 New York
Purdy v. Lynch 145 N.Y. 462 1895 1 New York
Bancroft v. Wardwell 13 Johns. 489 1816 1 New York
Sandford v. Halsey 2 Denio 235 1845 1 New York
Beach v. Crain 2 N.Y. 86 1848 1 New York
In re the Accounting of Niles 113 N.Y. 547 1889 1 New York
Wright v. Evans 2 Abb. Pr. 308 1867 1 New York
O'Rourke v. Brown 54 N.Y. Super. Ct. 384 1887 1 New York
Emmeluth v. Home Benefit Ass'n 12 N.Y. St. Rep. 654 1887 1 New York
Vail v. Reynolds 118 N.Y. 297 1890 1 New York
Smith v. Matthews 152 N.Y. 152 1897 1 New York