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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Murphy v. Shea 143 N.Y. 78 1894 1 New York
Chapman v. Erie Railway Co. 1 Thomp. & Cook 526 1873 1 New York
People v. Cignarale 110 N.Y. 23 1888 1 New York
Laning v. New York Central Railroad 49 N.Y. 521 1872 1 New York
Jackson ex dem. Suffern v. McConnell 19 Wend. 175 1838 1 New York
Runt v. Herring 21 N.Y.S. 244 1892 1 New York
In re Stepen 1 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 323 1816 0 Civil New York
Fargo v. McVicker 38 How. Pr. 1 1870 1 New York
In re the Metropolitan Transit Co. 111 N.Y. 588 1889 1 New York
Deering v. Metcalf 74 N.Y. 501 1878 1 New York
Runt v. Herring 49 N.Y. St. Rep. 126 1892 1 New York
Wood v. People 53 N.Y. 511 1873 1 New York
Tucker v. Rector, Churchwardens, & Vestrymen of St. Clement’s Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 242 1849 1 New York
Rainey v. Laing 58 Barb. 453 1871 1 New York
In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Cunningham 76 Misc. 120 1912 1 New York
Zoeller v. Riley 100 N.Y. 102 1885 1 New York
Doheny v. Lacy 168 N.Y. 213 1901 1 New York
Lynch v. Clarke 1 Sand. Ch. 583 1844 1 New York
Henry v. Lowell 16 Barb. 268 1853 1 New York
In re Briscoe 51 How. Pr. 422 1876 1 New York