Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sanderson v. Ætna Iron & Nail Co. 34 Ohio St. 442 1878 1 Ohio
People ex rel. Morris v. Randall 73 N.Y. 416 1878 1 New York
Locke v. Barbour 62 Ind. 577 1878 1 Indiana
Mathews v. Cody 60 Ga. 355 1878 1 Georgia
State v. Adams 20 Kan. 311 1878 1 Kansas
Gaussen v. United States 97 U.S. 584 1878 1 United States
Ordeman v. Lawson 49 Md. 135 1878 1 Maryland
State v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 48 Md. 49 1878 1 Maryland
Merchant v. Preston 69 Tenn. 280 1878 1 Tennessee
Merritt v. Disney 48 Md. 344 1878 1 Maryland
Leightner v. Leightner 87 Pa. 144 1878 1 Pennsylvania
National Bank v. Van Derwerker 74 N.Y. 234 1878 1 New York
Adair v. Brimmer 74 N.Y. 539 1878 1 New York
State v. Goodrich 14 W. Va. 834 1878 1 West Virginia
O'Brien v. Pentz 48 Md. 562 1878 1 Maryland
Miller v. Holt 68 Mo. 584 1878 1 Missouri
Josetti v. McGregor 49 Md. 202 1878 1 Maryland
Travis v. Willis 55 Miss. 557 1878 1 Mississippi
Pierce v. Pierce 38 Mich. 412 1878 1 Michigan
Pole v. Simmons 49 Md. 14 1878 1 Maryland