Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Davis v. Carroll 11 La. Ann. 705 1856 1 Louisiana
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Cason v. Cason 31 Miss. 578 1856 1 Mississippi
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Dorsey v. Dorsey 9 Md. 31 1856 1 Maryland
Cribbins v. Markwood 54 Va. 495 1856 1 Virginia
Postlewait v. Howes 3 Iowa 365 1856 1 Iowa
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
State v. Harvell 49 N.C. 55 1856 1 North Carolina
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Owings v. Jones 9 Md. 108 1856 1 Maryland
Bevans v. McGlocklin 9 Md. 476 1856 1 Maryland
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Pierce v. Emery 32 N.H. 484 1856 1 New Hampshire
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan