Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gadsden v. Raysor 43 S.C.L. 276 1856 1 South Carolina
Doty v. Moore 16 Tex. 591 1856 0 Texas
Mills v. Thursby 2 Abb. Pr. 432 1856 1 New York
Mills v. Thursby 12 How. Pr. 385 1856 1 New York
Riggs v. State 30 Miss. 635 1856 1 Mississippi
Gee v. Gee 32 Miss. 190 1856 1 Mississippi
Saufley v. Jackson 16 Tex. 579 1856 0 Texas
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Louisiana
Lexington Life, Fire & Marine Insurance v. Page & Richardson 56 Ky. 412 1856 1 Kentucky
Johnson v. Murphy 17 Tex. 216 1856 0 Texas
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Funk v. Newcomer 10 Md. 301 1856 1 Maryland
Phipps v. Tarpley 31 Miss. 433 1856 1 Mississippi
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
Davis v. Carroll 11 La. Ann. 705 1856 1 Louisiana
Jiggitts v. Bennett 31 Miss. 610 1856 1 Mississippi
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
Tinsley v. Jones 54 Va. 289 1856 1 Virginia
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan