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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
People ex rel. Barbour v. Gates 57 Barb. 291 1869 1 New York
Shanks' Case 15 Abb. Pr. 38 1873 1 New York
In re Donohue 1 Abb. N. Cas. 1 1876 1 New York
Williams v. Hayes 68 Wis. 248 1887 1 Wisconsin
Slack v. Perrine 9 App. D.C. 128 1896 1 District of Columbia
Willis v. Bell 86 Ark. 473 1908 1 Arkansas
In re Lee 220 N.Y. 532 1917 1 New York
People ex rel. Meredith v. Meredith 272 A.D.2d 79 1947 1 New York
In re Norman 26 Misc. 2d 700 1960 1 New York
People ex rel. Francois v. Ivanova 14 A.D.2d 317 1961 1 New York
Cornell v. Hartley 54 Misc. 2d 732 1967 1 New York
Gloria S. v. Richard B. 80 A.D.2d 72 1981 1 New York
Wilds v. Attix 4 Del. Ch. 253 1871 1 Delaware
Ripley v. Wardell 1 Cai. 174 1803 1 New York
Miller's Appeals 30 Pa. 478 1858 1 Pennsylvania
Tracy v. Murray 44 Mich. 109 1880 1 Michigan
Davis v. Carroll 11 La. Ann. 705 1856 1 Louisiana
Bell v. Briggs 63 N.H. 592 1885 1 New Hampshire
Griggs v. Veghte 47 N.J. Eq. 179 1890 1 New Jersey
In re Boardman's Will 1 Pow. Surr. 77 1891 1 New York