| Case Name | Citation | Year ▲ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rippetoe v. Dwyer | 49 Tex. 498 | 1878 | 1 | Texas | |
| Kitchen v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co. | 69 Mo. 224 | 1878 | 1 | Missouri | |
| New v. Nicole | 73 N.Y. 127 | 1878 | 1 | New York | |
| Davis v. Turner | 21 Kan. 131 | 1878 | 1 | Kansas | |
| Walker v. Bennett | 1 White & W. 351 | 1878 | 1 | Texas | |
| Jones v. Reddick | 79 N.C. 290 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Neighbors v. Hamlin | 78 N.C. 42 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Turner v. Commonwealth | 86 Pa. 54 | 1878 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Tingle & Isham v. Brison | 14 W. Va. 295 | 1878 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Felton v. Bissel | 25 Minn. 15 | 1878 | 1 | Minnesota | |
| Kinnare v. Gregory | 55 Miss. 612 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Morris v. Pearson | 79 N.C. 253 | 1878 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Keteltas v. Keteltas | 72 N.Y. 312 | 1878 | 1 | New York | |
| Bosman v. Akeley | 39 Mich. 710 | 1878 | 1 | Michigan | |
| Heth v. Wilson | 55 Miss. 587 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Gibson v. Hough & Sons | 60 Ga. 588 | 1878 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Morin v. Bailey | 55 Miss. 570 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Ross v. Hawthorne | 55 Miss. 551 | 1878 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| In re Estate of Seitz | 6 Mo. App. 250 | 1878 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Vanderhorst v. Bacon | 38 Mich. 669 | 1878 | 1 | Michigan |