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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Roberts v. Chittenden 88 N.Y. 33 1882 1 New York
Dwight v. Germania Life Insurance 103 N.Y. 341 1886 1 New York
Purdy v. Lynch 145 N.Y. 462 1895 1 New York
Boston & Maine Railroad v. Delaware & Hudson Co. 238 A.D. 191 1933 1 New York
Harris v. Clark 3 N.Y. 93 1849 1 New York
Wiles v. Clapp 41 Barb. 645 1864 1 New York
Hodnett v. Smith 32 N.Y. Super. Ct. 401 1870 1 New York
Brink v. Gould 43 How. Pr. 289 1872 1 New York
Crane v. Baudoine 65 Barb. 260 1873 1 New York
Meiggs v. Meiggs 22 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 453 1878 1 New York
Hunn v. Bowne 2 Cai. 38 1804 1 New York
Doane v. Eddy 16 Wend. 523 1837 1 New York
Dezell v. Odell 3 Hill & Den. 215 1842 1 New York
Crawford v. Wilson 4 Barb. 504 1848 1 New York
In re the Accounting of Niles 113 N.Y. 547 1889 1 New York
Latham v. Westervelt 16 Barb. 421 1853 1 New York
Birdsall v. Russell 24 N.Y. Super. Ct. 538 1863 1 New York
Birdsall v. Russell 29 N.Y. 220 1864 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