Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Webb 61 Ga. 586 1878 1 Georgia
Gregory v. Gate 71 Va. 83 1878 1 Virginia
Kern v. Zeigler 13 W. Va. 707 1878 1 West Virginia
Drummond v. State 4 Tex. Ct. App. 150 1878 1 Texas
Davis v. Goforth 69 Tenn. 31 1878 1 Tennessee
Wheeler v. Constantine 39 Mich. 62 1878 1 Michigan
Sweeney v. Baker 13 W. Va. 160 1878 1 West Virginia
Page v. Clopton 71 Va. 415 1878 1 Virginia
Shotts v. Poe 47 Md. 513 1878 1 Maryland
State v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 48 Md. 49 1878 1 Maryland
Davis v. Jackson 14 W. Va. 227 1878 1 West Virginia
Goodrum v. State 60 Ga. 509 1878 1 Georgia
Knighton v. Curry 62 Ala. 404 1878 1 Alabama
Campbell's Adm'r v. White 14 W. Va. 122 1878 1 West Virginia
Newell v. Nichols 19 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 604 1878 1 New York
Johnson v. Ward 2 Ill. App. 261 1878 1 Illinois
Proctor v. Bigelow 38 Mich. 282 1878 1 Michigan
Jewett v. Dringer 30 N.J. Eq. 291 1878 1 New Jersey
Mathews v. Cody 60 Ga. 355 1878 1 Georgia
Evarts v. Hyde 51 Vt. 183 1878 1 Vermont