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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Court of Appeals of New York
President of the Veazie Bank v. Fenno 38 How. Pr. 147 1869 0 Court of Appeals of New York
Vanderzee v. Vanderzee 36 N.Y. 231 1867 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Grant v. Johnson 5 N.Y. 247 1851 0 Court of Appeals of New York
Harris v. Moody 30 N.Y. 266 1864 0 Civil Court of Appeals of New York
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 Civil Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Obern v. Gilbert 6 Dakota 119 1888 1 Dakota Territory
Territory v. McPherson 6 Dakota 27 1888 1 Dakota Territory
Stutsman County v. Mansfield 5 Dakota 78 1888 1 Dakota Territory
Dean v. First National Bank 6 Dakota 222 1889 1 Dakota Territory
Robinson v. McKinney 4 Dakota 290 1886 1 Dakota Territory
Treadway v. Schnauber 1 Dakota 236 1875 1 Dakota Territory
Gale v. Frazier 4 Dakota 196 1886 1 Dakota Territory
Spencer v. Sully County 4 Dakota 474 1887 1 Dakota Territory
Sioux Falls National Bank v. First National Bank 6 Dakota 113 1888 1 Dakota Territory
Territory of Dakota v. Keyes 5 Dakota 244 1888 1 Dakota Territory
Gress v. Evans 1 Dakota 387 1877 1 Dakota Territory
Franz Falk Brewing Co. v. Mielenz Bros. 5 Dakota 136 1888 1 Dakota Territory
Territory v. Ely 6 Dakota 128 1889 1 Dakota Territory