Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pegg v. Warford 7 Md. 582 1855 1 Maryland
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California
State v. Igo 21 Mo. 459 1855 1 Missouri
Hamilton v. Seitz 25 Pa. 226 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Clarke v. School District No. 7 3 R.I. 199 1855 1 Rhode Island
Buckner v. Calcote 28 Miss. 432 1855 1 Mississippi
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Noles v. State 26 Ala. 31 1855 1 Alabama
Shell v. Shell 34 Tenn. 716 1855 1 Tennessee
Harrall v. State 26 Ala. 52 1855 1 Alabama
McCauley v. State 26 Ala. 135 1855 1 Alabama
Tims v. State 26 Ala. 165 1855 1 Alabama
Mechanics' Bank v. New York & New Haven Rail Road 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 480 1855 1 New York
Voorhies v. Anthon 12 N.Y. Super. Ct. 178 1855 1 New York
Hill v. McRae 27 Ala. 175 1855 1 Alabama
Brown v. Somerville 8 Md. 444 1855 1 Maryland
Stephens 70 Mass. 559 1855 1 Massachusetts
Sims v. McEwen's Adm'r 27 Ala. 184 1855 1 Alabama
Abbott v. Essex Co. 59 U.S. 202 1855 1 United States