Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Magruder v. Esmay 35 Ohio St. 221 1878 1 Ohio
Sweeney v. Baker 13 W. Va. 160 1878 1 West Virginia
Page v. Clopton 71 Va. 415 1878 1 Virginia
Shotts v. Poe 47 Md. 513 1878 1 Maryland
State v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 48 Md. 49 1878 1 Maryland
Davis v. Jackson 14 W. Va. 227 1878 1 West Virginia
Goodrum v. State 60 Ga. 509 1878 1 Georgia
Knighton v. Curry 62 Ala. 404 1878 1 Alabama
Campbell's Adm'r v. White 14 W. Va. 122 1878 1 West Virginia
Newell v. Nichols 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 604 1878 1 New York
Johnson v. Ward 2 Ill. App. 261 1878 1 Illinois
Proctor v. Bigelow 38 Mich. 282 1878 1 Michigan
Jewett v. Dringer 30 N.J. Eq. 291 1878 1 New Jersey
Mathews v. Cody 60 Ga. 355 1878 1 Georgia
Evarts v. Hyde 51 Vt. 183 1878 1 Vermont
First National Bank v. Eccleston 48 Md. 145 1878 1 Maryland
Board of Supervisors v. Ehlers 45 Wis. 281 1878 1 Wisconsin
Black v. Smith 13 W. Va. 780 1878 1 West Virginia
J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co. v. Valleau 50 Iowa 120 1878 1 Iowa
Coatney v. Hopkins 14 W. Va. 338 1878 1 West Virginia