Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Foulke v. Bond 41 N.J.L. 527 1879 1 New Jersey
Paxton v. Rucker 15 W. Va. 547 1879 1 West Virginia
Clark v. Johnston 15 W. Va. 804 1879 1 West Virginia
H. Newmark & Co. v. Chapman 53 Cal. 557 1879 1 California
Green v. Gaston 56 Miss. 748 1879 1 Mississippi
Carew v. Matthews 41 Mich. 576 1879 1 Michigan
Sumwalt v. Sumwalt 52 Md. 338 1879 1 Maryland
Klauber v. Biggerstaff 47 Wis. 551 1879 1 Wisconsin
Fisher v. Lewis 69 Mo. 629 1879 1 Missouri
Schaffer v. Mutual Fire Ins. 89 Pa. 296 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Boggess v. Meredith 16 W. Va. 1 1879 1 West Virginia
Dryden v. Swinburn 15 W. Va. 234 1879 1 West Virginia
La Bau v. Vanderbilt 3 Redf. 384 1879 1 New York
Tuxbury v. French 41 Mich. 7 1879 1 Michigan
Lewis v. Overby's Adm'r 72 Va. 601 1879 1 Virginia
Dewitt v. Oppenheimer & Co. 51 Tex. 103 1879 1 Texas
Brown v. Martin 15 W. Va. 1 1879 1 West Virginia
Camden v. Harris 15 W. Va. 554 1879 1 West Virginia
Mercer’s Adm’r v. Mackin 77 Ky. 434 1879 1 Kentucky
Brockenbrough's Ex'x v. Brockenbrough's Adm'r 72 Va. 580 1879 1 Virginia