Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Turner v. Campbell 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 256 1855 1 Virginia
Smith v. Ashby 20 Mo. 354 1855 1 Missouri
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Lesslie's Ex'or v. Brown's Ex'ors 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 216 1855 1 Virginia
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Montgomery v. Rose 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 5 1855 1 Virginia
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. McCullough 53 Va. 595 1855 1 Virginia
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Penn v. Whiteheads 53 Va. 74 1855 1 Virginia
Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 24 Conn. 94 1855 1 Connecticut
Green v. State 28 Miss. 687 1855 1 Mississippi
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia
Taylor v. Carryl 24 Pa. 259 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Stout v. Kindt 24 Pa. 449 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Wallace v. Fletcher 30 N.H. 434 1855 1 New Hampshire
McClintock v. Bryden 5 Cal. 97 1855 1 California
Dozier v. Ellis 28 Miss. 730 1855 1 Mississippi
Welty v. Welty 8 Md. 15 1855 1 Maryland
Howell v. Gibson 30 Miss. 464 1855 1 Mississippi