Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Recovery of damages Alabama
State v. Harvell 49 N.C. 55 1856 1 North Carolina
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
City of St. Louis v. Alexander 23 Mo. 483 1856 1 Missouri
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
State v. Fox 25 N.J.L. 566 1856 1 New Jersey
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Ex parte Des Rochers 7 F. Cas. 537 1856 1 United States