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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
Sawyer v. Bennett 28 Abb. N. Cas. 393 1892 1 New York
Butler v. Wehle 6 Thomp. & Cook 241 1875 1 New York
Godfrey v. People 63 N.Y. 207 1875 1 New York
Hassard v. Rowe 11 Barb. 22 1851 1 New York
Woodgate v. Fleet 64 N.Y. 566 1876 1 New York
Hackett v. People 54 Barb. 370 1866 1 New York
People v. Olsen 34 N.Y.2d 349 1974 1 New York
Rainey v. Laing 58 Barb. 453 1871 1 New York
In re Acquiring Title by The City of New York 217 N.Y. 1 1916 1 New York
M'Crea v. Purmort 16 Wend. 460 1836 1 New York
In re Schuyler Steam Tow-Boat Co. 18 N.Y.S. 89 1892 1 New York
Deering v. Metcalf 74 N.Y. 501 1878 1 New York
In re the Metropolitan Transit Co. 111 N.Y. 588 1889 1 New York
Sohmer Factors Corp. v. 278 Corp. 13 Misc. 2d 142 1958 1 New York
Peebles v. Case 2 Brad. 226 1852 1 New York
Tucker v. Rector, Churchwardens, & Vestrymen of St. Clement’s Church 5 N.Y. Super. Ct. 242 1849 1 New York
People ex rel. Hauptmann v. Hanley 153 Misc. 61 1934 1 New York
People v. Welch 26 N.Y.S. 694 1893 1 New York
In re Bell's Estate 34 N.Y.S. 191 1895 1 New York