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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Canavan v. City of Mechanicville 229 N.Y. 473 1920 1 New York
New York Life Insurance v. Aitkin 57 N.Y. Super. Ct. 42 1889 1 New York
City of Syracuse v. Hogan 234 N.Y. 457 1923 1 New York
Irvin v. Fowler 28 N.Y. Super. Ct. 482 1868 1 New York
Irvine v. Wood 51 N.Y. 224 1872 1 New York
Wood v. Wood 83 N.Y. 575 1881 1 New York
McFarlane v. City of Niagara Falls 247 N.Y. 340 1928 1 New York
Thompson v. Whitmarsh 100 N.Y. 35 1885 1 New York
Newhouse v. Godwin 17 Barb. 236 1853 1 New York
Chapman v. Phenix National Bank 44 N.Y. Super. Ct. 340 1878 1 New York
Wood v. Seward 4 Redf. 271 1880 1 New York
Agar v. Orda 264 N.Y. 248 1934 1 New York
Pierce v. Pierce 71 N.Y. 154 1877 1 New York
Woodworth v. Morris 56 Barb. 97 1870 1 New York
Pierce v. Pierce 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 50 1876 1 New York
Paige v. Cagwin 7 Hill & Den. 361 1843 1 New York
Astor v. Union Insurance 7 Cow. 202 1827 1 New York
Anonymous v. Gelpcke 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 245 1875 1 New York
Torry v. Black 58 N.Y. 185 1874 1 New York
Ross v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 488 1875 1 New York