Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
O'Brian v. County Commissioners of Baltimore 51 Md. 15 1879 1 Maryland
Murphy v. Peabody 63 Ga. 522 1879 1 Georgia
Schuman ex rel. Hesen v. Peddicord 50 Md. 560 1879 1 Maryland
Reich v. State 63 Ga. 616 1879 1 Georgia
Wilson v. Cobb 31 N.J. Eq. 91 1879 1 New Jersey
Curran v. Owens 15 W. Va. 208 1879 1 West Virginia
Sisson ex rel. Morrison v. Mayor of Baltimore 51 Md. 83 1879 1 Maryland
Brown v. Johnston 7 Abb. N. Cas. 188 1879 1 New York
Stewart v. Stewart 31 N.J. Eq. 398 1879 1 New Jersey
Holt v. State 62 Ga. 314 1879 1 Georgia
Ayer v. Messer 59 N.H. 279 1879 1 New Hampshire
Jones v. Mobile & Girard Railroad 64 Ga. 446 1879 1 Georgia
Walker v. Goldsmith 7 Or. 161 1879 1 Oregon
Anding v. Levy 57 Miss. 51 1879 1 Mississippi
Robertson v. Trigg's Adm'r 73 Va. 76 1879 1 Virginia
Whitfield v. Evans 56 Miss. 488 1879 1 Mississippi
Luehrman v. Taxing District of Shelby County 70 Tenn. 425 1879 1 Tennessee
Hamill v. Foute 51 Md. 419 1879 1 Maryland
Cushing v. Blake 30 N.J. Eq. 689 1879 1 New Jersey
Benson & Co. v. Lundy 52 Iowa 265 1879 1 Iowa