Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Acklen's Executor v. Hickman 63 Ala. 494 1879 1 Alabama
State v. Rushing 17 Fla. 226 1879 1 Florida
Flinn v. Barber 64 Ala. 193 1879 1 Alabama
Oliver v. Vance 34 Ark. 564 1879 1 Arkansas
Daniels v. Moses 12 S.C. 130 1879 1 South Carolina
Ford v. Hennessy 70 Mo. 580 1879 1 Missouri
Dodge v. Williams 46 Wis. 70 1879 1 Wisconsin
Wentworth v. Wentworth 69 Me. 247 1879 1 Maine
Hass v. Philadelphia & Southern Mail Steamship Co. 88 Pa. 269 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Dryden v. Swinburn 15 W. Va. 234 1879 1 West Virginia
Sumwalt v. Sumwalt 52 Md. 338 1879 1 Maryland
Shinn v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 899 1879 1 Virginia
Mitchell v. Lytle 1 White & W. 385 1879 1 Texas
Welsh v. Frye 10 Ky. Op. 280 1879 1 Kentucky
H. Newmark & Co. v. Chapman 53 Cal. 557 1879 1 California
Danville Bank v. Waddill's Adm'r 72 Va. 469 1879 1 Virginia
Dean v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 912 1879 1 Virginia
Wœhler v. Endter 46 Wis. 301 1879 1 Wisconsin
Edgerly v. Gardner 9 Neb. 130 1879 1 Nebraska
Brown v. Martin 15 W. Va. 1 1879 1 West Virginia