Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leake v. Benson 70 Va. 153 1877 1 Virginia
Mechanics' Building Ass'n v. Ferguson 29 La. Ann. 548 1877 1 Louisiana
Davis v. Temple 2 Shan. Cas. 506 1877 1 Tennessee
Phelps v. Murray 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 746 1877 1 Tennessee
Lamberts v. Cooper's 70 Va. 61 1877 1 Virginia
Smith v. Butcher 69 Va. 144 1877 1 Virginia
Gillaspy v. Peck 46 Iowa 461 1877 1 Iowa
Reeves v. Pulliam 68 Tenn. 153 1877 1 Tennessee
Roberts v. Moseley 64 Mo. 507 1877 1 Missouri
Utterback's Adm'r v. Cooper 69 Va. 233 1877 1 Virginia
Ordish v. McDermott 2 Redf. 460 1877 1 New York
Ganson v. Tifft 71 N.Y. 48 1877 1 New York
Gould v. Town of Oneonta 71 N.Y. 298 1877 1 New York
Bantz v. Basnett 12 W. Va. 772 1877 1 West Virginia
Linn v. Patton 10 W. Va. 187 1877 1 West Virginia
Backhouse's Ex'x v. Selden 70 Va. 581 1877 1 Virginia
Capehart's Ex'r v. Dowery 10 W. Va. 130 1877 1 West Virginia
Kearney v. State 48 Md. 16 1877 1 Maryland
People ex rel. Wasson v. Schuyler 69 N.Y. 242 1877 1 New York
Williams v. Lee 47 Md. 321 1877 1 Maryland