Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rauh v. Ritchie 1 Ill. App. 188 1878 1 Illinois
Nettles v. State 4 Tex. Ct. App. 337 1878 1 Texas
Harman v. Hoskins 56 Miss. 142 1878 1 Mississippi
Williamson v. New Jersey Southern Railroad 29 N.J. Eq. 311 1878 1 New Jersey
Clough v. State 7 Neb. 320 1878 1 Nebraska
State v. Patterson 78 N.C. 470 1878 1 North Carolina
Gunn v. Wades 62 Ga. 20 1878 1 Georgia
Haynie v. Miller 61 Ala. 62 1878 1 Alabama
Snow v. Nash 50 Tex. 216 1878 1 Texas
Gans v. Williams 62 Ala. 41 1878 1 Alabama
Herring v. Skaggs 62 Ala. 180 1878 1 Alabama
Ferguson v. Herring 49 Tex. 126 1878 1 Texas
Porter v. Morére 30 La. Ann. 230 1878 1 Louisiana
Farrell v. United States 99 U.S. 221 1878 1 United States
Rippetoe v. Dwyer 49 Tex. 498 1878 1 Texas
Solen v. Virginia & Truckee Railroad 13 Nev. 106 1878 1 Nevada
Lovelace v. Webb 62 Ala. 271 1878 1 Alabama
Richardson v. Mann 30 La. 1060 1878 1 Louisiana
H. & T. C. R. R. v. McDonough 1 White & W. 354 1878 1 Texas
Gainer v. Cotton 49 Tex. 101 1878 1 Texas