Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Scheferling v. Huffman 4 Ohio St. 242 1854 1 Ohio
People ex rel. Mygatt v. Supervisors of Chenango County 11 N.Y. 563 1854 1 New York
Willis v. Jones 11 Tex. 594 1854 1 Texas
Brown v. Beason 24 Ala. 466 1854 1 Alabama
Day v. New England Car-Spring Co. 7 F. Cas. 252 1854 1 United States
Turner v. Morris 27 Miss. 733 1854 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Godfrey 28 N.H. 379 1854 1 New Hampshire
Derrett v. Alexander 25 Ala. 265 1854 1 Alabama
Dechard v. Edwards 34 Tenn. 93 1854 1 Tennessee
Stevens v. Mangum 27 Miss. 481 1854 1 Mississippi
Fowler v. Stoneum 11 Tex. 478 1854 1 Texas
Ex parte Reid 34 Tenn. 375 1854 1 Tennessee
Beninger v. Corwin 24 N.J.L. 257 1854 1 New Jersey
Sessions v. Pintard 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 678 1854 1 Arkansas
Powell v. State 25 Ala. 21 1854 1 Alabama
Coolidge v. Alcock 30 N.H. 329 1854 1 New Hampshire
Holland v. Harris 34 Tenn. 68 1854 1 Tennessee
French v. Bankhead 52 Va. 136 1854 1 Virginia
Cummins v. Garretson 15 Ark. 132 1854 1 Arkansas
Succession of Jarvis 9 La. Ann. 370 1854 1 Louisiana