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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Costas v. Board of Sup’rs 198 Miss. 440 1945 1 Mississippi
Dewey v. Moyer 16 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 473 1877 1 New York
Work v. Corrington 34 Ohio St. 64 1877 1 Ohio
Dewey v. Moyer 72 N.Y. 70 1878 1 New York
Wilcox v. Nolze 34 Ohio St. 520 1878 1 Ohio
The Roanoke 189 U.S. 185 1903 1 United States
People ex rel. Matochik v. Baker 306 N.Y. 32 1953 1 New York
Le Roy v. Mayor of New-York 20 Johns. 430 1823 1 New York
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 2 Cow. 537 1824 1 New York
Morse v. Powers 17 N.H. 286 1845 1 New Hampshire
Willy v. Mulledy 6 Abb. N. Cas. 97 1878 1 New York
Bruce v. Platt 80 N.Y. 379 1880 1 New York
Stokes v. Stickney 96 N.Y. 323 1884 1 New York
Turnipseed v. Schaefer 76 Ga. 109 1886 1 Georgia
Jones v. Rochester Gas & Electric Co. 168 N.Y. 65 1901 1 New York
Adams-Flanigan Co. v. Di Donato 180 A.D. 342 1917 1 New York
Boynton v. Hubbard 7 Mass. 112 1810 1 Massachusetts
Smithwick v. Jordan 15 Mass. 113 1818 1 Massachusetts
Den ex dem. State Bank v. Moore 5 N.J.L. 470 1819 1 New Jersey
Hill v. Ely 5 Serg. & Rawle 363 1819 1 Pennsylvania