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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Lynch v. Utica Insurance 18 Wend. 127 1837 1 New York
Demeyer v. Legg 18 Barb. 14 1853 1 New York
Edgerly v. Bush 81 N.Y. 199 1880 1 New York
Reynolds v. Robinson 82 N.Y. 103 1880 1 New York
People v. Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railway Co. 89 N.Y. 75 1882 1 New York
In re Barclay 91 N.Y. 430 1883 1 New York
People v. Willett 92 N.Y. 29 1883 1 New York
Smith v. Burch 92 N.Y. 228 1883 1 New York
People v. Petmecky 99 N.Y. 415 1885 1 New York
Brass & Copper Co. v. Conner 103 N.Y. 502 1886 1 New York
Gifford v. Corrigan 105 N.Y. 223 1887 1 New York
Silvey v. Lindsay 107 N.Y. 55 1887 1 New York
Hovey v. Elliott 118 N.Y. 124 1890 1 New York
Sweet v. City of Syracuse 129 N.Y. 316 1891 1 New York
Diefendorf v. Diefendorf 132 N.Y. 100 1892 1 New York
Bohn v. Hatch 133 N.Y. 64 1892 1 New York
McCarthy v. Ockerman 154 N.Y. 565 1898 1 New York
People v. Priori 164 N.Y. 459 1900 1 New York
People v. Olsen 34 N.Y.2d 349 1974 1 New York
Woodford v. People 62 N.Y. 117 1875 1 New York