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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Patterson v. Ellis 11 N.Y. 259 1833 1 New York
Deraismes v. Deraismes 72 N.Y. 154 1878 1 New York
Borst v. Crommie 26 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 209 1879 1 New York
Wood v. Seward 4 Redf. 271 1880 1 New York
In re the Estate of Burr 11 Mills Surr. 317 1913 1 New York
In re the Estate of Burr 83 Misc. 240 1913 1 New York
Walsh v. Mayor of New York 107 N.Y. 220 1887 1 New York
In re the Estate of Gabler 140 Misc. 581 1931 1 New York
Bean v. Bowen 47 How. Pr. 306 1874 1 New York
Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty v. George Law 125 N.Y. 380 1891 1 New York
Lytle v. Beveridge 58 N.Y. 592 1874 1 New York
In re the City of Rochester 136 N.Y. 83 1892 1 New York
Brown v. Brown 36 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 498 1883 1 New York
In re the New York Elevated Railroad 70 N.Y. 327 1877 1 New York
Merrill v. Rolston 5 Redf. 220 1881 1 New York
Seward v. Jackson ex dem. Van Wyck 8 Cow. 406 1826 1 New York
People v. Shaw 63 N.Y. 36 1875 1 New York
Meads v. Lansingh 1 Hopk. Ch. 124 1824 1 New York
Chace v. Lamphere 58 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 524 1889 1 New York
In re Wheeler 32 A.D. 183 1898 1 New York