Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Thames Steamboat Co. v. Housatonic Railroad 24 Conn. 40 1855 1 Connecticut
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Cocke v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 750 1855 1 Virginia
Craighead v. Wilson 59 U.S. 199 1855 1 United States
Hitch v. Davis 8 Md. 524 1855 1 Maryland
Harris v. Tyson 24 Pa. 347 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Hewitt's Adm'r v. Adams 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 34 1855 1 Virginia
Wilson v. Miller 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 353 1855 1 Virginia
Feigley v. Feigley 7 Md. 537 1855 1 Maryland
Pusey v. Potomac Bridge Co. 8 Md. 470 1855 1 Maryland
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Corner v. Pendleton 8 Md. 337 1855 1 Maryland
Edmunds v. Venable 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 121 1855 1 Virginia
People v. Robinson 2 Park. Crim. Rep. 235 1855 1 New York
Adams v. Gilliam 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 161 1855 1 Virginia
Hutcheson v. Priddy 53 Va. 85 1855 1 Virginia
Stober v. McCarter 4 Ohio St. 514 1855 1 Ohio
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
State v. Moore 6 Ind. 436 1855 1 Indiana