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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
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
In re Lee 220 N.Y. 532 1917 1 New York
People ex rel. Meredith v. Meredith 272 A.D.2d 79 1947 1 New York
In re Norman 26 Misc. 2d 700 1960 1 New York
People ex rel. Francois v. Ivanova 14 A.D.2d 317 1961 1 New York
Cornell v. Hartley 54 Misc. 2d 732 1967 1 New York
Gloria S. v. Richard B. 80 A.D.2d 72 1981 1 New York
Ripley v. Wardell 1 Cai. 174 1803 1 New York
In re Boardman's Will 1 Pow. Surr. 77 1891 1 New York
In re the Will of Boardman 46 N.Y. St. Rep. 444 1891 1 New York
Ordish v. McDermott 2 Redf. 460 1877 1 New York