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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Eaton v. Allegany Gas Co. 122 N.Y. 416 1890 1 New York
Hencken v. United States Life Insurance 11 Daly (N.Y.) 282 1882 1 New York
In re Vedder 6 Dem. Sur. 92 1888 1 New York
D'Ivernois v. Leavitt 23 Barb. 63 1856 1 New York
Wood v. Wood 83 N.Y. 575 1881 1 New York
Gorton v. Erie Railway Co. 45 N.Y. 660 1871 1 New York
White v. Reed 124 N.Y. 468 1891 1 New York
Nelson v. McDonald 16 N.Y.S. 273 1891 1 New York
Fulton Trust Co. v. Phillips 17 Mills Surr. 378 1916 1 New York
In re Robbins 189 N.Y. 422 1907 1 New York
Goetz v. Mott 1 N.Y.S. 153 1888 1 New York
In re the Arbitration between Gantt & Felipe y Carlos Hurtado & Cia., Ltda. 297 N.Y. 433 1948 1 New York
Cheever v. Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad 150 N.Y. 59 1896 1 New York
Alberti v. New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad 118 N.Y. 77 1889 1 New York
In re the Last Will & Testament of Vedder 14 N.Y. St. Rep. 470 1888 1 New York
Smith v. Rentz 28 Abb. N. Cas. 104 1892 1 New York
Hasbrouck v. Vandervoort 6 N.Y. Super. Ct. 596 1851 1 New York
Clark v. Lynch 46 Barb. 68 1866 1 New York
Dickerson v. Spaulding 14 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 288 1876 1 New York
Woodward v. James 115 N.Y. 346 1889 1 New York