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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Matheson v. Wharton 35 N.Y.S. 417 1895 1 New York
Spears v. Willis 151 N.Y. 443 1897 1 New York
Fosdick v. Town of Hempstead 125 N.Y. 581 1891 1 New York
People v. McLeod 1 Hill & Den. 377 1841 1 New York
People v. McLeod 25 Wend. 481 1841 1 New York
Supervisors of Onondaga v. Briggs 2 Denio 26 1846 1 New York
Ewing v. Wightman 51 N.Y.S. 268 1898 1 New York
Erickson v. Smith 2 Abb. Ct. App. 64 1869 1 New York
Erickson v. Smith 38 How. Pr. 454 1869 1 New York
Glenn v. Rossler 156 N.Y. 161 1898 1 New York
Dewey v. Moyer 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 473 1877 1 New York
Cruikshank v. Home for the Friendless 113 N.Y. 337 1889 1 New York
Dewey v. Moyer 72 N.Y. 70 1878 1 New York
Cottman v. Grace 112 N.Y. 299 1889 1 New York
Davies v. Clark 159 N.Y. 392 1899 1 New York
People ex rel. Matochik v. Baker 306 N.Y. 32 1953 1 New York
Le Roy v. Mayor of New-York 20 Johns. 430 1823 1 New York
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 2 Cow. 537 1824 1 New York
Willy v. Mulledy 6 Abb. N. Cas. 97 1878 1 New York
Bruce v. Platt 80 N.Y. 379 1880 1 New York