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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Roberts v. Francis 49 Tenn. 127 1870 1 Tennessee
Robertson v. Gaines 21 Tenn. 367 1841 1 Tennessee
Bradhurst v. Bradhurst 1 Paige Ch. 331 1829 1 New York
Edwards v. Barksdale 11 S.C. Eq. 184 1835 1 South Carolina
Brimmer v. Sohier 55 Mass. 118 1848 1 Massachusetts
Tator v. Tator 4 Barb. 431 1848 1 New York
Chrystie v. Phyfe 22 Barb. 195 1856 1 New York
Dumond v. Stringham 26 Barb. 104 1857 1 New York
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