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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
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
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
Sheehy v. Madison Square Garden Corp. 266 N.Y. 44 1934 1 New York
Polo Field Park, Inc. v. Chartock 3 Misc. 2d 427 1956 1 New York
People ex rel. Olmstead v. Olmstead 27 Barb. 9 1857 1 New York
Coit v. Bland 12 Abb. Pr. 462 1861 1 New York
People ex rel. Boice v. Boice 39 Barb. 307 1862 1 New York
People ex rel. Barbour v. Gates 57 Barb. 291 1869 1 New York
Shanks' Case 15 Abb. Pr. 38 1873 1 New York
In re Donohue 1 Abb. N. Cas. 1 1876 1 New York