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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Chapman v. Erie Railway Co. 55 N.Y. 579 1874 1 New York
Sheldon v. Sheldon 133 N.Y. 1 1892 1 New York
People v. Wansker 191 A.D. 875 1920 1 New York
Pelella v. Pelella 13 Misc. 2d 260 1958 1 New York
Bird v. Merklee 144 N.Y. 544 1895 1 New York
Stilwell v. Mutual Life Insurance 72 N.Y. 385 1878 1 New York
Lewis v. Duane 141 N.Y. 302 1894 1 New York
People ex rel. Hirschberg v. Supreme Court 269 N.Y. 392 1936 1 New York
In re the Estate of Gabler 140 Misc. 581 1931 1 New York
Blashfield v. Empire State Telephone 147 N.Y. 520 1895 1 New York
Eckert v. Long Island Railroad Co. 57 Barb. 555 1870 1 New York
Lawyers' Surety Co. v. Reinach 54 N.Y.S. 205 1898 1 New York
Chase v. Chase 1 Paige Ch. 198 1828 1 New York
Slatterly v. People 58 N.Y. 354 1874 1 New York
Holden v. Strong 116 N.Y. 471 1889 1 New York
In re Fisher's Estate 8 N.Y.S. 10 1889 1 New York
National Tradesmen's Bank v. Wetmore 124 N.Y. 241 1891 1 New York
Rosseau v. Bleau 131 N.Y. 177 1892 1 New York
Boardman v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. 84 N.Y. 157 1881 1 New York
In re the Probate of the Will of T. B. 1 Pow. Surr. 35 1892 1 New York