Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Territory of Montana v. Owings 3 Mont. 137 1878 1 Montana
Summers v. Howard 33 Ark. 490 1878 1 Arkansas
Victor Sewing Machine Co. v. Heller 44 Wis. 265 1878 1 Wisconsin
Coleman v. Waters 13 W. Va. 280 1878 1 West Virginia
Withers v. Fuller 71 Va. 547 1878 1 Virginia
Town of Dover v. Wheeler 51 Vt. 160 1878 1 Vermont
Stark v. Alford & Veal 49 Tex. 260 1878 1 Texas
Price v. Thrash 71 Va. 515 1878 1 Virginia
B. & O. R. R. v. Jameson 13 W. Va. 833 1878 1 West Virginia
Coville & Garber v. Gilman 13 W. Va. 316 1878 1 West Virginia
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Goldberg 2 Ill. App. 228 1878 1 Illinois
Weaver v. Ashcroft 50 Tex. 427 1878 1 Texas
McGinnis v. Curry 13 W. Va. 31 1878 1 West Virginia
Wilson v. Prewett 30 F. Cas. 156 1878 1 United States
Russell v. Weinberg 4 Abb. N. Cas. 139 1878 1 New York
Hardenburgh v. Blair 30 N.J. Eq. 42 1878 1 New Jersey
Michigan Paneling Machine & Manufacturing Co. v. Parsell 38 Mich. 475 1878 1 Michigan
Lawrence v. Commonwealth 71 Va. 845 1878 1 Virginia
Magruder v. Esmay 35 Ohio St. 221 1878 1 Ohio
Hunt v. Hunt 72 N.Y. 217 1878 1 New York