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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Morris v. People 3 Denio 381 1846 1 New York
Hawes, Gray & Co. v. Lawrence & Hicks 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 193 1849 1 New York
Hawes v. Lawrence 3 N.Y. Super. Ct. 193 1849 1 New York
People ex rel. Mygatt v. Supervisors of Chenango County 11 N.Y. 563 1854 1 New York
Mechanics' Bank v. New York & New Haven Rail Road 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 480 1855 1 New York
Beard v. City of Brooklyn 31 Barb. 142 1859 1 New York
People ex rel. Cunningham v. Brennan 18 Abb. Pr. 100 1864 1 New York
Raphelsky v. Lynch 43 How. Pr. 157 1871 1 New York
People ex rel. McHugh v. School Officers 18 Abb. Pr. 165 1864 1 New York
Paige v. Cagwin 7 Hill & Den. 361 1843 1 New York
Foote v. Beecher 7 Abb. N. Cas. 358 1879 1 New York
People v. Olcott 2 Johns. Cas. 301 1801 1 New York
People ex rel. Banks v. Board of Education 2 Abb. Pr. 177 1866 1 New York
Clark v. Miller 47 Barb. 38 1866 1 New York
People ex rel. Banks v. Board of Education 32 How. Pr. 167 1866 1 New York
People ex rel. Hackley v. Croton Aqueduct Board 49 Barb. 259 1867 1 New York
Duncomb v. New York, Housatonic & Northern Railroad 84 N.Y. 190 1881 1 New York
Buffalo Loan, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Knights Templar & Masonic Mutual Aid Ass'n 126 N.Y. 450 1891 1 New York
Chatfield v. Frost 3 Thomp. & Cook 357 1874 1 New York
Powell v. Waters 8 Cow. 669 1826 1 New York