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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Lefevre v. Lefevre 2 Thomp. & Cook 330 1873 1 New York
People v. Greenfield 30 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 454 1881 1 New York
Tilden v. Green 130 N.Y. 29 1891 1 New York
Edgerly v. Bush 81 N.Y. 199 1880 1 New York
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York
Reynolds v. Robinson 82 N.Y. 103 1880 1 New York
People v. Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railway Co. 89 N.Y. 75 1882 1 New York
In re Barclay 91 N.Y. 430 1883 1 New York
People v. Willett 92 N.Y. 29 1883 1 New York
Nelson v. McDonald 68 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 406 1891 1 New York
People ex rel. Hauptmann v. Hanley 153 Misc. 61 1934 1 New York
Smith v. Burch 92 N.Y. 228 1883 1 New York
Patten v. Harper’s Weekly Corp. 93 Misc. 368 1916 1 New York
Ryan v. People 79 N.Y. 593 1880 1 New York
In re Construe the Last Will & Testament of Fowles 16 Mills Surr. 425 1916 1 New York
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Hurst 111 A.D. 460 1906 1 New York
Holbrook v. New Jersey Zinc Co. 57 N.Y. 616 1874 1 New York
Whitaker v. Whitaker 52 N.Y. 368 1873 1 New York
Williams v. Freeman 83 N.Y. 561 1881 1 New York
Whish v. Public Service Commission 205 A.D. 756 1923 1 New York