Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Forster v. Cumberland Valley Railroad 23 Pa. 371 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Cochran v. Paris 52 Va. 348 1854 1 Virginia
Hess v. Newcomer 7 Md. 325 1854 1 Maryland
Hill, McLean & Co. v. Rucker 14 Ark. 706 1854 1 Arkansas
Griggsby v. Hair 25 Ala. 327 1854 1 Alabama
Pollock v. Gilbert 16 Ga. 398 1854 1 Georgia
Levasser v. Washburn 52 Va. 572 1854 1 Virginia
Fowler v. Stoneum 11 Tex. 478 1854 1 Recovery for slaves Texas
Keating v. Spink 3 Ohio St. 105 1854 1 Ohio
Preston v. Leighton ex rel. Kelly, Ball & Co. 6 Md. 88 1854 1 Maryland
Beninger v. Corwin 24 N.J.L. 257 1854 1 New Jersey
Logan's Administrators v. Logan's Executors 19 Mo. 465 1854 1 Missouri
Shackelford v. King 24 Ala. 158 1854 1 Alabama
Fisher v. Conant 3 E.D. Smith 199 1854 1 New York
Ex parte Reid 34 Tenn. 375 1854 1 Tennessee
Walker v. Palmer 24 Ala. 358 1854 1 Alabama
Wellersburg & West Newton Plank Road Co. v. Bruce 6 Md. 457 1854 1 Maryland
Hudson v. Young 25 Ala. 376 1854 1 Alabama
Brevard v. Neely 34 Tenn. 164 1854 1 Tennessee
French v. Bankhead 52 Va. 136 1854 1 Virginia