Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bissell v. Saxton 77 N.Y. 191 1879 1 New York
Sears v. Giddey 41 Mich. 590 1879 1 Michigan
Witt, Murphy & Co. v. Repey, Hardee & Co. 2 Posey 654 1879 1 Texas
Brown v. State 63 Ala. 97 1879 1 Alabama
Haynes v. Leppig 40 Mich. 602 1879 1 Michigan
King v. Cook 4 Ill. App. 525 1879 1 Illinois
Fleming v. Hiob 3 Ill. App. 390 1879 1 Illinois
Myers v. James 70 Tenn. 159 1879 1 Tennessee
Day v. Lown 51 Iowa 364 1879 1 Iowa
Lehigh Valley Railroad v. McFarlan 31 N.J. Eq. 730 1879 1 New Jersey
Glover v. McGilvray 63 Ala. 508 1879 1 Alabama
Chapman v. Lee 64 Ala. 483 1879 1 Alabama
Chouteau v. Allen 70 Mo. 290 1879 1 Missouri
Huxley v. Rice 40 Mich. 73 1879 1 Michigan
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Trimble 51 Md. 99 1879 1 Maryland
Parham v. Stith 56 Miss. 465 1879 1 Mississippi
Clymer v. Powell 56 Miss. 672 1879 1 Mississippi
Cotton States Life Insurance v. Lester 62 Ga. 247 1879 1 Georgia
Dunn v. Collins 70 Me. 230 1879 1 Maine
Merriman v. Hyde 9 Neb. 113 1879 1 Nebraska