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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Holbrook v. New Jersey Zinc Co. 57 N.Y. 616 1874 1 New York
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
People v. Ware 1 N.Y. Crim. 166 1883 1 New York
People v. Willett 1 N.Y. Crim. 355 1883 1 New York
People v. Arnstein 128 Misc. 176 1926 1 New York
Hunt v. Hunt 72 N.Y. 217 1878 1 New York
Mellen v. Mellen 10 Abb. N. Cas. 329 1882 1 New York
Nelson v. McDonald 41 N.Y. St. Rep. 1 1891 1 New York
Schneider v. McFarland 2 N.Y. 459 1849 1 New York
Ryan v. People 79 N.Y. 593 1880 1 New York
Hackett v. People 54 Barb. 370 1866 1 New York
Godfrey v. People 63 N.Y. 207 1875 1 New York
Christianson v. O’Neil 78 N.Y.S. 757 1902 1 New York
Sawyer v. Bennett 49 N.Y. St. Rep. 774 1892 1 New York
Willover v. Hill 72 N.Y. 36 1878 1 New York
Cruikshank v. Gordon 118 N.Y. 178 1890 1 New York
Sawyer v. Bennett 28 Abb. N. Cas. 393 1892 1 New York
Patten v. Harper’s Weekly Corp. 158 N.Y.S. 70 1916 1 New York
People v. Palmer 5 N.Y. Crim. 101 1887 1 New York
Morgan v. Schermerhorn 1 Paige Ch. 544 1829 1 New York