Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Cunningham 10 La. Ann. 393 1855 1 Louisiana
Clark v. Shelton 16 Ark. 474 1855 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Montgomery's Executors v. Kirksey 26 Ala. 172 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Albretson v. Hooker 5 Cal. 176 1855 1 California
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Harkness v. Sears 26 Ala. 493 1855 1 Alabama
Morgan v. Lowe, Ebbets & Co. 5 Cal. 325 1855 1 California
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Barry v. Ryan 70 Mass. 523 1855 1 Massachusetts
Morton v. Bradley 27 Ala. 640 1855 0 Action for damages for killing a enslaved person Alabama
McAllister v. McDow 26 Ala. 453 1855 1 Alabama
Hill v. Averett 27 Ala. 484 1855 1 Alabama
Harrison & Robinson v. Johnston 27 Ala. 445 1855 0 Action regarding note of sale Alabama
Jordan's Adm'r v. Hubbard 26 Ala. 433 1855 1 Alabama
Burden v. Stein 27 Ala. 104 1855 1 Alabama
Eastman v. Hobbs 26 Ala. 741 1855 1 Alabama
De Vendell v. Doe ex dem. Hamilton 27 Ala. 156 1855 1 Alabama
Claussen v. La Franz 1 Iowa 226 1855 1 Iowa
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 injunction Supreme Court of Georgia
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas