| Case Name | Citation | Year ▼ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knolls v. Barnhart | 71 N.Y. 474 | 1877 | 1 | New York | |
| Knowles v. Kennedy | 82 Pa. 445 | 1877 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Wilson v. State | 3 Tex. Ct. App. 63 | 1877 | 1 | Texas | |
| Bierne v. Brown's Adm'r | 10 W. Va. 748 | 1877 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Merriman v. Cannovan | 68 Tenn. 93 | 1877 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Graham v. Graham | 10 W. Va. 355 | 1877 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| McGarrahan v. Mining Co. | 96 U.S. 316 | 1877 | 1 | United States | |
| Watkins v. State | 2 Shan. Cas. 206 | 1877 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Hall v. Wells | 54 Miss. 289 | 1877 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Hall v. Hall | 12 W. Va. 1 | 1877 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Montgomery & West Point Railroad v. Branch, Sons & Co. | 59 Ala. 139 | 1877 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Edwards v. Ervin | 2 Shan. Cas. 510 | 1877 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| Lamberts v. Cooper's | 70 Va. 61 | 1877 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Schurtz v. Johnson | 69 Va. 657 | 1877 | 1 | Virginia | |
| McFarland v. Douglass | 11 W. Va. 637 | 1877 | 1 | West Virginia | |
| Hord's Adm'r v. Colbert | 69 Va. 49 | 1877 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Montgomery v. Merrill | 36 Mich. 97 | 1877 | 1 | Michigan | |
| Erhard v. Hearne | 47 Tex. 469 | 1877 | 1 | Texas | |
| Hiller v. Cotten | 54 Miss. 551 | 1877 | 1 | Mississippi | |
| Kramer v. Holster | 55 Miss. 243 | 1877 | 1 | Mississippi |