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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Platt v. Mickle 137 N.Y. 106 1893 1 New York
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
McLaren v. Watson's Executors 26 Wend. 425 1841 1 New York
Van Wyck v. Pine & Pine 2 Hill & Den. 666 1842 1 New York
Gorton v. Erie Railway Co. 45 N.Y. 660 1871 1 New York
Gould v. Central Trust Co. 6 Abb. N. Cas. 381 1879 1 New York
Butler & Vosburgh v. Miller 1 N.Y. 496 1848 1 New York
Gautier v. Ditmar 204 N.Y. 20 1912 1 New York
Patterson v. Buchanan 40 A.D. 493 1899 1 New York
Hanford v. Artcher 4 Hill & Den. 271 1842 1 New York
People v. Shay 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 344 1860 1 New York
Pfomer v. People 4 Park. Crim. Rep. 558 1860 1 New York
Reynolds v. People 17 Abb. Pr. 413 1864 1 New York
People v. Lamb 54 Barb. 342 1865 1 New York
People v. Lamb 2 Abb. Pr. 148 1866 1 New York
People v. Kelly 2 N.Y. Crim. 15 1884 1 New York
People v. Kelly 94 N.Y. 526 1884 1 New York
Buckley v. Bentley 48 Barb. 283 1867 1 New York
Nixon v. Zuricalday 144 N.Y. 300 1895 1 New York
Cox v. Clift 2 N.Y. 118 1848 1 New York