Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Massie v. Greenhow's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 255 1856 1 Virginia
Tinsley v. Jones 54 Va. 289 1856 1 Virginia
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Kauffman v. Walker 9 Md. 229 1856 1 Maryland
McFarland v. Hall 17 Tex. 676 1856 1 Texas
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
City of St. Louis v. Alexander 23 Mo. 483 1856 1 Missouri
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Lane's Adm'r v. Eggleston's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 225 1856 1 Virginia
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi