Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Benwood Iron-Works Co. v. Tappan 56 Miss. 659 1879 1 Mississippi
Farley, Spear & Co. v. Whitehead 63 Ala. 295 1879 1 Alabama
Funk v. Eggleston 92 Ill. 515 1879 1 Illinois
Grivot v. La. State Bank 31 La. 467 1879 1 Louisiana
Mayor of Wetumpka v. Wetumpka Wharf Co. 63 Ala. 611 1879 1 Alabama
Acklen's Executor v. Hickman 63 Ala. 494 1879 1 Alabama
Hemphill v. Moody 64 Ala. 468 1879 1 Alabama
McCall v. Powell 64 Ala. 254 1879 1 Alabama
Friedman v. Nelson 53 Cal. 589 1879 1 California
May v. People 92 Ill. 343 1879 1 Illinois
Ex parte Boothe 64 Ala. 312 1879 1 Alabama
Hardenburgh v. Blair 30 N.J. Eq. 645 1879 1 New Jersey
Glenn's Adm'r v. Billingslea 64 Ala. 345 1879 1 Alabama
State v. Blackburn 80 N.C. 474 1879 1 North Carolina
Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Chandler 51 Tex. 416 1879 1 Texas
Stephenson v. Bassett 51 Tex. 544 1879 1 Texas
Peck v. State 63 Ala. 201 1879 1 Alabama
Hall v. Hall 52 Tex. 294 1879 1 Texas
Rainbolt v. March 52 Tex. 246 1879 1 Texas
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. v. Head 59 N.H. 332 1879 1 New Hampshire