Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McCustian v. Ramey 33 Ark. 141 1878 1 Arkansas
Burkholder v. Ludlam 71 Va. 255 1878 1 Virginia
Needham v. Gillett 39 Mich. 574 1878 1 Michigan
Franklin v. Claflin 49 Md. 24 1878 1 Maryland
Case v. Beauregard 99 U.S. 119 1878 1 United States
Davis v. Bowmar 55 Miss. 671 1878 1 Mississippi
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Brown 30 N.J. Eq. 193 1878 1 New Jersey
City of Elizabeth v. Force 29 N.J. Eq. 587 1878 1 New Jersey
Board of Supervisors v. Ehlers 45 Wis. 281 1878 1 Wisconsin
Mathews v. Cody 60 Ga. 355 1878 1 Georgia
Riggs v. Pursell 74 N.Y. 370 1878 1 New York
Coleman v. Waters 13 W. Va. 280 1878 1 West Virginia
Jones v. Reid Adm'r 12 W. Va. 350 1878 1 West Virginia
Delamater v. Chappell 48 Md. 244 1878 1 Maryland
Shotts v. Poe 47 Md. 513 1878 1 Maryland
State v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 48 Md. 49 1878 1 Maryland
Colesbury v. Dart 61 Ga. 620 1878 1 Georgia
Knighton v. Curry 62 Ala. 404 1878 1 Alabama
Smith v. Brittenham 3 Ill. App. 62 1878 1 Illinois
Lemon v. Fox 21 Kan. 152 1878 1 Kansas