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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Clark v. Sisson 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 408 1855 1 New York
Clark v. Sisson 22 N.Y. 312 1860 1 New York
People v. Smith 35 N.Y. Crim. 280 1916 1 New York
People v. Smith 219 N.Y. 222 1916 1 New York
Allen v. Cowan 28 Barb. 99 1858 1 New York
Walton v. Walton 4 Abb. Ct. App. 512 1864 1 New York
People v. Monnais 17 Abb. Pr. 345 1864 1 New York
Woodruff v. Jewett 115 N.Y. 267 1889 1 New York
In re Trustees of Schuyler's Steam Tow Boat Co. 136 N.Y. 169 1892 1 New York
Dennett v. Taylor 5 Redf. 561 1882 1 New York
Hallett v. Novion 14 Johns. 273 1817 1 New York
Cox v. James 59 Barb. 144 1869 1 New York
Cox v. James 45 N.Y. 557 1871 1 New York
Phillips v. Schiffer 64 Barb. 548 1873 1 New York
Mead v. Riley 50 N.Y. Super. Ct. 20 1884 1 New York
Smith v. Scholtz 68 N.Y. 41 1877 1 New York
Hibernia National Bank v. Lacombe 84 N.Y. 367 1881 1 New York
Sturgess v. Bissell 46 N.Y. 462 1871 1 New York
Seymour v. Spring Forest Cemetery Ass'n 144 N.Y. 333 1895 1 New York
People v. Briggs 114 N.Y. 56 1889 1 New York