Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Riggs v. State 30 Miss. 635 1856 1 Mississippi
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Lusk v. Lewis 32 Miss. 297 1856 1 Mississippi
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Richards v. Patterson 30 Miss. 583 1856 1 Mississippi
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Botters v. Edrington 30 Miss. 580 1856 1 Mississippi
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Washington Mutual Insurance v. Merchants & Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance 5 Ohio St. 450 1856 1 Ohio
Davis v. Carroll 11 La. Ann. 705 1856 1 Louisiana
Stewart v. Richardson 32 Miss. 313 1856 1 Mississippi
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi