Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thistle v. Frostburg Coal Co. 10 Md. 129 1856 1 Maryland
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
Gee v. Gee 32 Miss. 190 1856 1 Mississippi
Thompson v. State 28 Ala. 12 1856 1 Alabama
Chrystie v. Phyfe 22 Barb. 195 1856 1 New York
Walker v. Paine 2 E.D. Smith 662 1856 1 New York
Evans v. Carey 29 Ala. 99 1856 1 Alabama
Wallace v. Nelson 28 Ala. 282 1856 1 Alabama
Desha's Exrs. v. Robinson 17 Ark. 228 1856 1 Arkansas
Northern Railway Co. of France v. Carpentier 4 Abb. Pr. 47 1856 1 New York
Marshall v. Crow's Adm'r 29 Ala. 278 1856 1 Alabama
Lytle v. State 17 Ark. 608 1856 1 Arkansas
Morrow v. Higgins 29 Ala. 448 1856 1 Alabama
Flash, Hartwell & Co. v. Paul, Cook & Co. 29 Ala. 141 1856 1 Alabama
Foust v. Yielding 28 Ala. 658 1856 1 Alabama
Kirkman, Abernathy & Hanna v. Benham 28 Ala. 501 1856 1 Alabama
Burroughs v. United States 4 F. Cas. 836 1856 1 United States
President of the Bank of Wooster v. Stevens 6 Ohio St. 262 1856 1 Ohio
City of Natchez v. Vandervelde 31 Miss. 706 1856 1 Mississippi
Doe on the demise of Lafontaine v. Avaline 8 Ind. 6 1856 1 Indiana