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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
People v. Cohen 223 N.Y. 406 1918 1 New York
Williams v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad 116 N.Y. 628 1889 1 New York
People ex rel. Lewisohn v. O'Brien 176 N.Y. 253 1903 1 New York
People ex rel. West Shore Railroad v. Adams 125 N.Y. 471 1891 1 New York
Sonneborn v. Libbey 102 N.Y. 539 1886 1 New York
Sonneborn v. Libbey 12 Daly (N.Y.) 509 1884 1 New York
Anna McNally, Inc. v. Chapin 197 A.D. 792 1921 1 New York
Luce v. Dunham 69 N.Y. 36 1877 1 New York
Schwartz v. Torrenzano 49 Misc. 3d 943 2015 1 New York
Spaulding v. O'Brien 56 N.Y.S. 1095 1899 1 New York
Galway v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co. 128 N.Y. 132 1891 1 New York
Spaulding v. O'Brien 26 Misc. 184 1899 1 New York
Stevens v. Melcher 152 N.Y. 551 1897 1 New York
Almeida v. Certain Slaves 3 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 538 1814 0 New York
Morton v. Thurber 85 N.Y. 550 1881 1 New York
People v. Smith 180 N.Y. 125 1904 1 New York
People v. Dempsey 66 How. Pr. 371 1884 1 New York
Ryan v. Fowler 24 N.Y. 410 1862 1 New York
People v. Smith 19 N.Y. Crim. 13 1904 1 New York
Taussig v. Hart 58 N.Y. 425 1874 1 New York