Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hunt v. Hunt 72 N.Y. 217 1878 1 New York
Goodheart v. Bowen 2 Ill. App. 578 1878 1 Illinois
Sims v. Dorsey 61 Ga. 488 1878 1 Georgia
Lytle v. May 49 Iowa 224 1878 1 Iowa
Lawrence v. Commonwealth 71 Va. 845 1878 1 Virginia
Brown v. Thompkins 49 Md. 423 1878 1 Maryland
Territory of Montana v. Owings 3 Mont. 137 1878 1 Montana
Marling v. Robrecht 13 W. Va. 440 1878 1 West Virginia
Veramendi v. Hutchins 48 Tex. 531 1878 1 Texas
Landry v. Victor 30 La. 1041 1878 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Beals v. Probate Court 25 Minn. 22 1878 1 Minnesota
Brown v. French 125 Mass. 410 1878 1 Massachusetts
Victor Sewing Machine Co. v. Heller 44 Wis. 265 1878 1 Wisconsin
Brown v. Commonwealth 77 Ky. 398 1878 1 Kentucky
Milliken v. Pratt 125 Mass. 374 1878 1 Massachusetts
McGinnis v. Curry 13 W. Va. 31 1878 1 West Virginia
Hogan v. Guigon 70 Va. 705 1878 1 Virginia
B. & O. R. R. v. Jameson 13 W. Va. 833 1878 1 West Virginia
State v. Northrup 48 Iowa 583 1878 1 Iowa
Summers v. Howard 33 Ark. 490 1878 1 Arkansas