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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Village of Brattleboro v. Mead 43 Vt. 556 1871 1 Vermont
Masterson v. Townshend 123 N.Y. 458 1890 1 New York
Masterson v. Townshend 34 N.Y. St. Rep. 104 1890 1 New York
Whitney v. Whitney 18 N.Y.S. 3 1892 1 New York
Whitney v. Whitney 70 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 59 1892 1 New York
Whitney v. Whitney 43 N.Y. St. Rep. 841 1892 1 New York
Smith v. Floyd 140 N.Y. 337 1893 1 New York
Moffett v. Elmendorf 152 N.Y. 475 1897 1 New York
Hawes v. Kepley 28 Ind. App. 306 1902 1 Indiana
In re the Estate of Young 150 Misc. 793 1934 1 New York
In re the Estate of Cipolla 165 Misc. 498 1937 1 New York
In re the Will of Birdsell 271 A.D.2d 90 1946 1 New York
Lovett v. Sandersville Railroad 199 Ga. 238 1945 1 Georgia
State v. Walton 50 Or. 142 1907 1 Oregon
In re the Accounting of Montgomery County Trust Co. 191 Misc. 370 1947 1 New York
Rust v. Rust 147 Tex. 181 1948 1 Texas
State v. Smith 159 La. 777 1925 1 Louisiana
Alexander v. Tolleston Club 110 Ill. 65 1884 1 Illinois
Willey v. St. Charles Hotel Co. 52 La. Ann. 1581 1900 1 Louisiana
Kinder v. Scharff 125 La. 594 1910 1 Louisiana