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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Silvey v. Lindsay 107 N.Y. 55 1887 1 New York
Strong v. Strong 1 Abb. Pr. 358 1865 1 New York
La Bau v. Vanderbilt 3 Redf. 384 1879 1 New York
Hovey v. Elliott 118 N.Y. 124 1890 1 New York
Sweet v. City of Syracuse 129 N.Y. 316 1891 1 New York
Diefendorf v. Diefendorf 132 N.Y. 100 1892 1 New York
Bohn v. Hatch 133 N.Y. 64 1892 1 New York
People v. Hooghkerk 2 N.Y. Crim. 204 1884 1 New York
McCarthy v. Ockerman 154 N.Y. 565 1898 1 New York
In re Berrien’s Will 5 N.Y.S. 37 1889 1 New York
People v. Priori 164 N.Y. 459 1900 1 New York
Twomley v. Central Park North & East River Railroad 69 N.Y. 158 1877 1 New York
In re the Estate of Blackstone 5 Mills Surr. 16 1905 1 New York
People ex rel. McKenna v. Kennedy 78 Misc. 482 1912 1 New York
People ex rel. McKenna v. Kennedy 28 N.Y. Crim. 333 1912 1 New York
Murphy v. Shea 143 N.Y. 78 1894 1 New York
People v. Olsen 34 N.Y.2d 349 1974 1 New York
In re Kirk 1 Park. Crim. Rep. 67 1846 1 New York
Menagh v. Whitwell 52 N.Y. 146 1873 1 New York
Carpenter v. Black Hawk Gold Mining Co. 65 N.Y. 43 1875 1 New York