Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Thomason v. Rice 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 123 1855 1 Tennessee
Pegg v. Warford 7 Md. 582 1855 1 Maryland
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Lafferty v. Turley 35 Tenn. 157 1855 1 Tennessee
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
McCauley v. State 26 Ala. 135 1855 1 Alabama
Tims v. State 26 Ala. 165 1855 1 Alabama
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana
Burch v. Burch 19 Ga. 174 1855 1 Georgia
Pensenneau v. Pensenneau 22 Mo. 27 1855 1 Missouri
Mosely v. Lane 27 Ala. 62 1855 1 Alabama
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Underhill v. Saratoga & Washington Rail Road 20 Barb. 455 1855 1 New York
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Gist 26 Ala. 156 1855 1 Alabama
Kimball v. Moody 27 Ala. 130 1855 1 Alabama
Cleland v. Waters 19 Ga. 35 1855 1 Georgia