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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Metcalf v. Gilmore 59 N.H. 417 1879 1 New Hampshire
Felt v. Felt 59 N.J. Eq. 606 1899 1 New Jersey
Gerbert v. Trustees of the Congregation of the Sons of Abraham 59 N.J.L. 160 1896 1 New Jersey
Van Schuyver v. Mulford 59 N.Y. 426 1875 1 New York
Lefevre v. Lefevre 59 N.Y. 434 1875 1 New York
Bedell v. Shaw 59 N.Y. 46 1874 1 New York
Patterson v. Patterson 59 N.Y. 574 1875 1 New York
Marine National Bank v. National City Bank 59 N.Y. 67 1874 1 New York
People v. Genet 59 N.Y. 80 1874 1 New York
Droge v. Cree 59 N.Y. Super. Ct. 271 1891 1 New York
State ex rel. Plimmer v. Poston 59 Ohio St. 122 1898 1 Ohio
Ives v. McNicoll 59 Ohio St. 402 1899 1 Ohio
Derby v. Heath 59 Ohio St. 54 1898 1 Ohio
Mathews v. Krisher 59 Ohio St. 562 1899 1 Ohio
Wright v. Franklin Bank 59 Ohio St. 80 1898 1 Ohio
Inland Compress Co. v. Simmons 59 Okla. 287 1916 1 Oklahoma
Gillis v. Pennsylvania Railroad 59 Pa. 120 1868 1 Pennsylvania
Smith v. Commonwealth ex rel. McGarvy 59 Pa. 320 1868 1 Pennsylvania
Plains Township School District’s Appeal. No. 1 59 Pa. D. & C. 53 1947 1 Pennsylvania
Plains Township School District’s Appeal. No. 2 59 Pa. D. & C. 95 1947 1 Pennsylvania