Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Steele v. Renn 50 Tex. 467 1878 1 Texas
Hunter v. Bosworth 43 Wis. 583 1878 1 Wisconsin
Ransome v. Bearden 50 Tex. 119 1878 1 Texas
Bank of Greensboro' v. Chambers 71 Va. 202 1878 1 Virginia
Justice v. English 71 Va. 565 1878 1 Virginia
Harshberger's Adm'r v. Alger 72 Va. 52 1878 1 Virginia
Harlan v. Sweeny 69 Tenn. 682 1878 1 Tennessee
Furman & Co. v. McMillian 70 Tenn. 121 1878 1 Tennessee
Miller v. Blose's Ex'or 71 Va. 744 1878 1 Virginia
Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Forsyth 49 Tex. 171 1878 1 Texas
Patton v. Merchants' Bank of Charleston 12 W. Va. 587 1878 1 West Virginia
Hawley v. Twyman 70 Va. 728 1878 1 Virginia
Burging v. McDowell 71 Va. 236 1878 1 Virginia
King v. Burdett 12 W. Va. 688 1878 1 West Virginia
Shea v. Mabry 69 Tenn. 319 1878 1 Tennessee
Young v. Fugett & Smalling 69 Tenn. 447 1878 1 Tennessee
Mann v. Bryant 12 W. Va. 516 1878 1 West Virginia
State v. Swepson 79 N.C. 632 1878 1 North Carolina
Marsh v. Bellew 45 Wis. 36 1878 1 Wisconsin
Gibbens v. Ritter 1 Va. Dec. 106 1878 1 Virginia