Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Diaz 6 Cal. 248 1856 1 California
Nelson v. Jennings 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 369 1856 1 Virginia
Brown, Bros. v. Bank of Mississippi 31 Miss. 454 1856 1 Mississippi
Buckey v. Snouffer 10 Md. 149 1856 1 Maryland
Dowling v. Smith 9 Md. 242 1856 1 Maryland
Haney v. Marshall 9 Md. 194 1856 1 Maryland
Williams v. Barnes 28 Ala. 613 1856 1 Alabama
Mitchell v. Mitchell 10 Md. 234 1856 1 Maryland
Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States v. Reynold's Executrices 9 Md. 341 1856 1 Maryland
Toler's Adm'r v. Toler 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 71 1856 1 Virginia
Kellam's Ex'or v. Kellam 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 357 1856 1 Virginia
Harnsbarger's Adm'r v. Kinney 54 Va. 511 1856 1 Virginia
Randolph Justices v. Stalnaker 54 Va. 523 1856 1 Virginia
Forsyth v. Day 41 Me. 382 1856 1 Maine
Harwood v. Marshall 9 Md. 83 1856 1 Maryland
Fissel's Appeal 27 Pa. 55 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Texas
Unger v. Price 9 Md. 552 1856 1 Maryland
Marker v. Miller 9 Md. 338 1856 1 Maryland
Segond v. Garland 23 Mo. 547 1856 1 Missouri