Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. A. G. Graves & Co. 50 Tex. 181 1878 1 Texas
Bills v. Scott 49 Tex. 430 1878 1 Texas
Gunn v. Wades 62 Ga. 20 1878 1 Georgia
Gourdin v. Shrewsbury 11 S.C. 1 1878 1 South Carolina
State ex rel. Harris v. Harrison 78 N.C. 202 1878 1 North Carolina
Neighbors v. Hamlin 78 N.C. 42 1878 1 North Carolina
State v. Patterson 78 N.C. 470 1878 1 North Carolina
Higinbotham v. Stoddard 72 N.Y. 94 1878 1 New York
Wambole v. Foote 2 Dakota 1 1878 1 Dakota Territory
North v. Henneberry 44 Wis. 306 1878 1 Wisconsin
Webb v. Liggett 6 Mo. App. 345 1878 1 Missouri
Nave v. Sturges 5 Mo. App. 557 1878 1 Missouri
Thompson, Lampkin & Co. v. Tillotson 56 Miss. 36 1878 1 Mississippi
Faler v. McRae 56 Miss. 227 1878 1 Mississippi
Bank of Greensboro' v. Chambers 71 Va. 202 1878 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Commonwealth 70 Va. 796 1878 1 Virginia
State v. Thomas 13 W. Va. 848 1878 1 West Virginia
Justice v. McBroom 69 Tenn. 555 1878 1 Tennessee
Rippetoe v. Dwyer 49 Tex. 498 1878 1 Texas
Hager v. Rice 4 Colo. 90 1878 1 Colorado