Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Morgan v. Lowe, Ebbets & Co. 5 Cal. 325 1855 1 California
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama
United States v. Smith 27 F. Cas. 1138 1855 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Burns v. Hill 19 Ga. 22 1855 0 Fraud case Supreme Court of Georgia
Porter v. Ross 55 N.C. 196 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
William & Mary College v. Powell 53 Va. 372 1855 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Scull v. Vaugine 15 Ark. 695 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Hurst v. Means 34 Tenn. 546 1855 1 Tennessee
Park v. Walker 34 Tenn. 503 1855 1 Tennessee
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Hamilton v. Fowlkes 16 Ark. 340 1855 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Griswold v. Greer 18 Ga. 545 1855 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Ozley v. Ikelheimer 26 Ala. 332 1855 0 Will & trust Alabama
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Weeks 48 N.C. 279 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Whitaker v. Bramson 29 F. Cas. 947 1855 1 United States
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Green v. Crain 53 Va. 252 1855 1 Virginia