Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Gilkeson v. Frederick Justices 54 Va. 577 1856 1 Virginia
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Smith's Ex'or v. Britton 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 124 1856 1 Virginia
City of St. Louis v. Alexander 23 Mo. 483 1856 1 Missouri
Nelson v. Jennings 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 369 1856 1 Virginia
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
Gordon v. Wilson 49 N.C. 64 1856 0 North Carolina
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Fenter v. Obaugh 17 Ark. 71 1856 0 Arkansas
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi
Tinsley v. Jones 54 Va. 289 1856 1 Virginia
Collett v. Frazier 56 N.C. 80 1856 0 North Carolina