Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Willover v. Hill 72 N.Y. 36 1878 1 New York
Owen v. McGehee 61 Ala. 440 1878 1 Alabama
Nulton v. Isaacs 71 Va. 726 1878 1 Virginia
Ulrich v. People 39 Mich. 245 1878 1 Michigan
Johnson v. Badges Mill & Mining Co. 13 Nev. 351 1878 1 Nevada
Brown v. Thompkins 49 Md. 423 1878 1 Maryland
Ewell v. Anderson 49 Tex. 697 1878 1 Texas
Cotton's Guardian v. Wolf 77 Ky. 238 1878 1 Kentucky
Grafton v. Cummings 99 U.S. 100 1878 1 United States
Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Dunham 49 Tex. 181 1878 1 Texas
Bond v. Dillard 50 Tex. 302 1878 1 Texas
Johnston v. Jarret 14 W. Va. 230 1878 1 West Virginia
De Camp v. Dobbins 29 N.J. Eq. 36 1878 1 New Jersey
Riggs v. Pursell 74 N.Y. 370 1878 1 New York
Gilchrist v. Gough 63 Ind. 576 1878 1 Indiana
Slaughter v. Glenn 98 U.S. 242 1878 1 United States
Brown v. Swineford 44 Wis. 282 1878 1 Wisconsin
Lytle v. May 49 Iowa 224 1878 1 Iowa
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Goldberg 2 Ill. App. 228 1878 1 Illinois
Appeals of the City of Philadelphia 86 Pa. 179 1878 1 Pennsylvania