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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
In re Briscoe 51 How. Pr. 422 1876 1 New York
Cornell v. Travelers’ Insurance 175 N.Y. 239 1903 1 New York
Ayres v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 351 1849 1 New York
Rickets v. Livingston 2 Johns. Cas. 97 1800 1 New York
Hassard v. Rowe 11 Barb. 22 1851 1 New York
Seward v. Huntington 94 N.Y. 104 1883 1 New York
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York
People v. Ware 1 N.Y. Crim. 166 1883 1 New York
Chace v. Lamphere 4 N.Y.S. 288 1889 1 New York
Lansing v. Goelet 9 Cow. 346 1827 1 New York
Sohmer Factors Corp. v. 278 Corp. 13 Misc. 2d 142 1958 1 New York
In re the Estate of Gorsch 103 Misc. 156 1918 1 New York
Village of Olean v. King 26 N.Y. St. Rep. 715 1889 1 New York
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Hamilton v. Third Avenue Railroad 53 N.Y. 25 1873 1 New York
In re Construe the Last Will & Testament of Fowles 16 Mills Surr. 425 1916 1 New York
Lefevre v. Lefevre 59 N.Y. 434 1875 1 New York
Village of Olean v. King 116 N.Y. 355 1889 1 New York
Newell v. Nichols 75 N.Y. 78 1878 1 New York
Van Voorhis v. Brintnall 86 N.Y. 18 1881 1 New York