Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wilson v. Cobb 31 N.J. Eq. 91 1879 1 New Jersey
Fleming v. Hill 62 Ga. 751 1879 1 Georgia
Keep v. Keep 7 Abb. N. Cas. 240 1879 1 New York
United States v. Salentine 27 F. Cas. 927 1879 1 United States
Newcomb v. Brooks 16 W. Va. 32 1879 1 West Virginia
Talbott v. Richmond & Danville R. R. 72 Va. 685 1879 1 Virginia
Hall v. Bank of Virginia 15 W. Va. 323 1879 1 West Virginia
Murff v. Peterson 57 Miss. 146 1879 1 Mississippi
Wolford v. Morgenthal 91 Pa. 30 1879 1 Pennsylvania
Flynn v. Equitable Life Insurance 78 N.Y. 568 1879 1 New York
Smith v. Lovejoy 62 Ga. 372 1879 1 Georgia
Melvin v. Melvin 58 N.H. 569 1879 1 New Hampshire
Hardy v. Chesapeake Bank 51 Md. 562 1879 1 Maryland
Alford v. Moore's Adm'r 15 W. Va. 597 1879 1 West Virginia
Leach v. French 69 Me. 389 1879 1 Maine
Blue v. Christ 4 Ill. App. 351 1879 1 Illinois
Cox v. Donnelly 34 Ark. 762 1879 1 Arkansas
Reiff v. Horst 52 Md. 255 1879 1 Maryland
Scott v. Ware 64 Ala. 174 1879 1 Alabama
Chapman v. Lee 64 Ala. 483 1879 1 Alabama