Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Walker v. Palmer 24 Ala. 358 1854 1 Alabama
Cloud v. Needles 6 Md. 501 1854 1 Maryland
Jordan v. Stewart 23 Pa. 244 1854 1 Pennsylvania
State v. City of Bangor 38 Me. 592 1854 1 Maine
Cochran v. Paris 52 Va. 348 1854 1 Virginia
Sessions v. Pintard 21 F. Cas. 1089 1854 1 United States
Hudson v. Young 25 Ala. 376 1854 1 Alabama
Derrett v. Alexander 25 Ala. 265 1854 1 Alabama
Sessions v. Pintard 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 678 1854 1 Arkansas
Hall v. Bergen 19 Barb. 122 1854 1 New York
Edelen v. Edelen 6 Md. 288 1854 1 Maryland
Jewell v. Center 25 Ala. 498 1854 1 Alabama
Preston v. Leighton ex rel. Kelly, Ball & Co. 6 Md. 88 1854 1 Maryland
Farish & Co. v. Reigle 52 Va. 697 1854 1 Virginia
Douglas v. Blackford 7 Md. 8 1854 1 Maryland
Dorsey v. Warfield 7 Md. 65 1854 1 Maryland
Miller v. Northern Bank 28 Miss. 81 1854 1 Mississippi
Steele v. Levisay 52 Va. 454 1854 1 Virginia
Currie v. Stewart 27 Miss. 52 1854 1 Mississippi
New-Albany & Salem Railroad v. Pickens 5 Ind. 247 1854 1 Indiana