Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Melvin v. Melvin 58 N.H. 569 1879 1 New Hampshire
Foote v. Beecher 7 Abb. N. Cas. 358 1879 1 New York
Pfeiffer v. Knapp 17 Fla. 144 1879 1 Florida
Porter v. State 71 Tenn. 496 1879 1 Tennessee
Martin v. Cullen 30 N.J. Eq. 426 1879 1 New Jersey
Pulliam v. Pulliam 10 F. 23 1879 1 United States
Belew v. Jones 56 Miss. 342 1879 1 Mississippi
Emerson v. Ross' Executrix 17 Fla. 122 1879 1 Florida
United States v. Salentine 27 F. Cas. 927 1879 1 United States
O'Connor v. Harris 81 N.C. 279 1879 1 North Carolina
Pickett v. Pipkin 64 Ala. 520 1879 1 Alabama
Maillet v. People 42 Mich. 262 1879 1 Michigan
Gallaher v. State 17 Fla. 370 1879 1 Florida
Cox v. Donnelly 34 Ark. 762 1879 1 Arkansas
Simmons v. Foscue 81 N.C. 86 1879 1 North Carolina
Smith v. McKitterick 51 Iowa 548 1879 1 Iowa
Aultman & Taylor Co. v. Webber 4 Ill. App. 427 1879 1 Illinois
Collett v. Henderson 80 N.C. 337 1879 1 North Carolina
Smith & Atkinson v. Knight 14 W. Va. 749 1879 1 West Virginia
Heitkamp v. Beidenstein 7 Mo. App. 462 1879 1 Missouri