Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Butler's Appeal 26 Pa. 63 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Pierce v. Emery 32 N.H. 484 1856 1 New Hampshire
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi
Chenery v. Palmer 6 Cal. 119 1856 1 California
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Foust v. Yielding 28 Ala. 658 1856 1 Alabama
Marshall v. Crow's Adm'r 29 Ala. 278 1856 1 Alabama
Tappan v. Tappan 6 Ohio St. 64 1856 1 Ohio
Flash, Hartwell & Co. v. Paul, Cook & Co. 29 Ala. 141 1856 1 Alabama
Washington Mutual Insurance v. Merchants & Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance 5 Ohio St. 450 1856 1 Ohio
State v. Miller 24 Conn. 522 1856 1 Connecticut
Dunkle v. Renick 6 Ohio St. 527 1856 1 Ohio
Hardy v. Boaz 29 Ala. 168 1856 1 Alabama
Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road v. Thompson 10 Md. 76 1856 1 Maryland
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina