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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Puffer v. Reeve 15 Abb. N. Cas. 388 1885 1 New York
People ex rel. New York Elevated Railroad v. Commissioners of Taxes & Assessments 82 N.Y. 459 1880 1 New York
Vail v. Reynolds 118 N.Y. 297 1890 1 New York
People v. Welch 81 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 474 1893 1 New York
Dean v. Marschall 97 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 335 1895 1 New York
In re to compel payment by the Executors & Legatees of & by the last will & testament of McPherson 5 N.Y. St. Rep. 680 1887 1 New York
Lauer v. Bayside National Bank 244 A.D. 601 1935 1 New York
Friery v. People 54 Barb. 319 1865 1 New York
People v. Platt 117 N.Y. 159 1889 1 New York
Megowan v. Peterson 173 N.Y. 1 1902 1 New York
Graham v. First National Bank of Norfolk 84 N.Y. 393 1881 1 New York
Smith v. Matthews 152 N.Y. 152 1897 1 New York
McNally v. City of Cohoes 127 N.Y. 350 1891 1 New York
Harring v. Coles 2 Brad. 349 1853 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
Lawrence v. Woods 17 N.Y. Super. Ct. 354 1859 1 New York
Newell v. Nichols 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 604 1878 1 New York
Bennett v. Garlock 79 N.Y. 302 1880 1 New York
People v. Welch 57 N.Y. St. Rep. 42 1893 1 New York