Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Goodwin 10 F. Cas. 617 1879 1 United States
Melvin v. Melvin 58 N.H. 569 1879 1 New Hampshire
Lockard v. Nash 64 Ala. 385 1879 1 Alabama
Green v. Dyersburg 10 F. Cas. 1099 1879 1 United States
St. Maries v. Polleys 47 Wis. 67 1879 1 Wisconsin
Wooten v. Bellinger 17 Fla. 289 1879 1 Florida
Poland v. Lamoille Valley Railroad 52 Vt. 144 1879 1 Vermont
Smith v. State 70 Tenn. 614 1879 1 Tennessee
Henderson v. Ish 3 Shan. Cas. 84 1879 1 Tennessee
Porter v. State 71 Tenn. 496 1879 1 Tennessee
In re Knight 71 Tenn. 401 1879 1 Tennessee
Buehler, Bonbright & Co. v. Cheuvront 15 W. Va. 479 1879 1 West Virginia
Sears v. Giddey 41 Mich. 590 1879 1 Michigan
State v. Odam 70 Tenn. 220 1879 1 Tennessee
Caldwell v. Blake 69 Me. 458 1879 1 Maine
Goodman v. Winter 64 Ala. 410 1879 1 Alabama
Barksdale v. Garrett 64 Ala. 277 1879 1 Alabama
Keller's Adm'r v. McHuffman 15 W. Va. 64 1879 1 West Virginia
McCampbell v. McCampBell 70 Tenn. 661 1879 1 Tennessee
Binns v. Waddill 73 Va. 588 1879 1 Virginia