Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burnett v. Nesmith 62 Ala. 261 1878 1 Alabama
Patton v. Beecher 62 Ala. 579 1878 1 Alabama
Donley v. McKiernan 62 Ala. 34 1878 1 Alabama
Willy v. Mulledy 6 Abb. N. Cas. 97 1878 1 New York
Wilcox v. Nolze 34 Ohio St. 520 1878 1 Ohio
Dewey v. Moyer 72 N.Y. 70 1878 1 New York
Williams v. Tiedemann 6 Mo. App. 269 1878 1 Missouri
Leitner v. Goodwin & Beall 60 Ga. 148 1878 1 Georgia
Hypes v. Griffin 89 Ill. 134 1878 1 Illinois
Hager v. Rice 4 Colo. 90 1878 1 Colorado
Rivers v. Thomas 69 Tenn. 649 1878 1 Tennessee
Haynes v. Jordon 3 Shan. Cas. 29 1878 1 Tennessee
State v. Caveness 78 N.C. 484 1878 1 North Carolina
Amiss v. McGinnis 12 W. Va. 371 1878 1 West Virginia
Sims v. Ashworth 3 Shan. Cas. 40 1878 1 Tennessee
Bibb v. Tarkington 70 Tenn. 21 1878 1 Tennessee
Tennessee Hospital v. Fuqua 69 Tenn. 608 1878 1 Tennessee
Winham v. Crutcher 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 666 1878 1 Tennessee
Dukes v. Spangler 35 Ohio St. 119 1878 1 Ohio
Wright v. West 70 Tenn. 78 1878 1 Tennessee