Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Anderson v. State 63 Ga. 675 1879 1 Georgia
Caruthers v. McLaran 56 Miss. 371 1879 1 Mississippi
Pfirshing v. Hoffart 4 Ill. App. 83 1879 1 Illinois
Smith v. McKitterick 51 Iowa 548 1879 1 Iowa
Benwood Iron-Works Co. v. Tappan 56 Miss. 659 1879 1 Mississippi
Whelan v. McCreary 64 Ala. 319 1879 1 Alabama
Coles v. Allen, Freer & Illges 64 Ala. 98 1879 1 Alabama
Cook v. Parham & Blunt 63 Ala. 456 1879 1 Alabama
Poland v. Lamoille Valley Railroad 52 Vt. 144 1879 1 Vermont
John Chaffe & Sons v. Heyner 31 La. 594 1879 1 Louisiana
Hillebrands v. Nibbelink 40 Mich. 646 1879 1 Michigan
Plummer v. Eckenrode 50 Md. 225 1879 1 Maryland
Pickett v. Pipkin 64 Ala. 520 1879 1 Alabama
Merriman v. State 71 Tenn. 393 1879 1 Tennessee
Belew v. Jones 56 Miss. 342 1879 1 Mississippi
Richardson v. Clements 89 Pa. 503 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Overby v. Fayetteville Building & Loan Ass'n 81 N.C. 56 1879 1 North Carolina
Gallaher v. State 17 Fla. 370 1879 1 Florida
Ware v. Wanless 2 Wyo. 144 1879 1 Wyoming
Newcomb v. Brooks 16 W. Va. 32 1879 1 West Virginia