Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sumwalt v. Sumwalt 52 Md. 338 1879 1 Maryland
Ex parte Wimberly 57 Miss. 437 1879 1 Mississippi
La Bau v. Vanderbilt 3 Redf. 384 1879 1 New York
Trustees for the Support of Public Schools v. Inhabitants of Trenton 30 N.J. Eq. 667 1879 1 New Jersey
Markells v. Markells 73 Va. 544 1879 1 Virginia
South Carolina v. Gaillard 101 U.S. 433 1879 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Holmes 127 Mass. 424 1879 1 Massachusetts
State ex rel. Rosenblatt v. Heman 70 Mo. 441 1879 1 Missouri
Ryan's Adm'r v. McLeod 73 Va. 367 1879 1 Virginia
Scott v. State 56 Miss. 287 1879 1 Mississippi
Harkreader v. Clayton 56 Miss. 383 1879 1 Mississippi
Shinn v. Commonwealth 73 Va. 899 1879 1 Virginia
Green v. Gaston 56 Miss. 748 1879 1 Mississippi
Schaffer v. Mutual Fire Ins. 89 Pa. 296 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Mitchell v. Lytle 1 White & W. 385 1879 1 Texas
Flagg v. People 40 Mich. 706 1879 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Atkins v. Town of Maysville 12 S.C. 76 1879 1 South Carolina
Porcheler v. Bronson 50 Tex. 555 1879 1 Texas
Edgerly v. Gardner 9 Neb. 130 1879 1 Nebraska
Savings Bank v. Creswell 100 U.S. 630 1879 1 United States