Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Crooks v. Crooks 34 Ohio St. 610 1878 1 Ohio
W. D. Smith & Co. v. Pipkin 79 N.C. 569 1878 1 North Carolina
Williamson v. New Jersey Southern Railroad 29 N.J. Eq. 311 1878 1 New Jersey
Harman v. Hoskins 56 Miss. 142 1878 1 Mississippi
Edmundson v. Silliman 50 Tex. 106 1878 1 Texas
Clough v. State 7 Neb. 320 1878 1 Nebraska
Townsend v. Ratcliff 50 Tex. 148 1878 1 Texas
Taylor v. Murphy 50 Tex. 291 1878 1 Texas
Cowan v. Williams 49 Tex. 380 1878 1 Texas
State ex rel. Allison v. Robinson 78 N.C. 222 1878 1 North Carolina
State v. England 78 N.C. 552 1878 1 North Carolina
Andrews v. Heirs of Spear 48 Tex. 567 1878 1 Texas
Herring v. Skaggs 62 Ala. 180 1878 1 Alabama
Patterson v. Allen 50 Tex. 23 1878 1 Texas
New v. Nicole 73 N.Y. 127 1878 1 New York
Viesca v. Wyche 28 F. Cas. 1185 1878 1 United States
Airhart v. Massieu 98 U.S. 491 1878 1 United States
Jones v. Jones 49 Tex. 683 1878 1 Texas
Summers v. Davis 49 Tex. 541 1878 1 Texas
State v. Patterson 78 N.C. 470 1878 1 North Carolina