Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
White v. Perry 14 W. Va. 66 1878 1 West Virginia
Ludington's Petition 5 Abb. N. Cas. 307 1878 1 New York
Patton & Shaver v. Elk River Navigation Co. 13 W. Va. 261 1878 1 West Virginia
University v. People 99 U.S. 309 1878 1 United States
Gordon v. Gilfoil 99 U.S. 168 1878 1 United States
Landry v. Victor 30 La. 1041 1878 1 Louisiana
Coleman v. Tennessee 97 U.S. 509 1878 1 United States
State v. Johnson 61 Ga. 640 1878 1 Georgia
Cranston v. Mayor of Augusta 61 Ga. 572 1878 1 Georgia
State v. Grate 68 Mo. 22 1878 1 Missouri
Gonzales v. Sullivan 16 Fla. 791 1878 1 Florida
Mitchell v. Word 60 Ga. 525 1878 1 Georgia
Central Railroad v. Sears 61 Ga. 279 1878 1 Georgia
Wimmer v. Ficklin 77 Ky. 193 1878 1 Kentucky
Clark v. Hayward 51 Vt. 14 1878 1 Vermont
Edenfield v. Canady 60 Ga. 456 1878 1 Georgia
Varner v. Gunn 61 Ga. 54 1878 1 Georgia
American Button-Hole, Overseaming & Sewing Machine Co. v. Gurnee 44 Wis. 49 1878 1 Wisconsin
Exchange Bank v. Butner & Edgeworth 60 Ga. 654 1878 1 Georgia
Tucker v. Zimmerman 61 Ga. 599 1878 1 Georgia