Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Purdie v. Jones 73 Va. 827 1879 1 Virginia
Scott v. State 56 Miss. 287 1879 1 Mississippi
Kountz v. Davis 34 Ark. 590 1879 1 Arkansas
Lewis v. Overby's Adm'r 72 Va. 601 1879 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Atkins v. Town of Maysville 12 S.C. 76 1879 1 South Carolina
Beckett v. Dean 57 Miss. 232 1879 1 Mississippi
Harkreader v. Clayton 56 Miss. 383 1879 1 Mississippi
George v. Cooper 15 W. Va. 666 1879 1 West Virginia
Green v. Gaston 56 Miss. 748 1879 1 Mississippi
Planters' & Merchants' Mutual Insurance v. Selma Savings Bank 63 Ala. 585 1879 1 Alabama
Whipple v. Wanskuck Co. 12 R.I. 321 1879 1 Rhode Island
William E. Wood & Co. v. Wilmington Conference Academy 10 Del. 513 1879 1 Delaware
Malone & Foote v. Marriott 64 Ala. 486 1879 1 Alabama
Meyer v. Johnston & Stewart 64 Ala. 603 1879 1 Alabama
Peck v. State 63 Ala. 201 1879 1 Alabama
Derby v. Weyrich 8 Neb. 174 1879 1 Nebraska
Louden v. Saginaw 41 Mich. 18 1879 1 Michigan
Bell v. State 7 Tex. Ct. App. 25 1879 1 Texas
Simon & Marks v. Sewell 64 Ala. 241 1879 1 Alabama
Copeland & Brantley v. Cunningham 63 Ala. 394 1879 1 Alabama