Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gautreaux v. Boote 10 La. Ann. 137 1855 1 Louisiana
Feigley v. Feigley 7 Md. 537 1855 1 Maryland
Talbot v. Calvert 24 Pa. 327 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Addington v. Etheridge 53 Va. 436 1855 1 Virginia
People ex rel. Kohler v. Hays 5 Cal. 66 1855 1 California
Martin v. Martin 7 Md. 368 1855 1 Maryland
Brown v. Somerville 8 Md. 444 1855 1 Maryland
Mechanics' Bank v. New York & New Haven Rail Road 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 480 1855 1 New York
American Exchange Bank v. Inloes 7 Md. 380 1855 1 Maryland
Abbott v. Essex Co. 59 U.S. 202 1855 1 United States
Thomason v. Rice 1 Shan. Cas. 69 1855 1 Tennessee
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Blessing v. Hape 8 Md. 31 1855 1 Maryland
State v. Gates 20 Mo. 400 1855 1 Missouri
McClellan v. Kennedy 8 Md. 230 1855 1 Maryland
Basford v. Parran 8 Md. 360 1855 1 Maryland
Doswell v. Anderson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 185 1855 1 Virginia
Newbegin v. Langley 39 Me. 200 1855 1 Maine
Teackle v. Gibson 8 Md. 70 1855 1 Maryland
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana