Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Waters 12 La. Ann. 97 1857 1 Louisiana
Cook v. Hathaway 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 1 1857 1 California
Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad v. Clarke & Thaw 29 Pa. 146 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Mills v. Walton 19 Tex. 271 1857 1 Texas
Cowles v. Townsend 31 Ala. 133 1857 1 Alabama
Brown, Bros. v. Freeland 34 Miss. 181 1857 1 Mississippi
Tomlinson v. Roberts 25 Conn. 477 1857 1 Connecticut
Boatner v. Yarborough 12 La. Ann. 249 1857 1 Louisiana
Hollingsworth v. Hammond 30 Ala. 668 1857 1 Alabama
Succession of Boatwright 12 La. Ann. 893 1857 1 Louisiana
Lea ex rel. Green v. Brooks 49 N.C. 423 1857 1 North Carolina
Meyer v. Kinzer 1 Cal. Dist. Ct. 326 1857 1 California
Shields v. Trammell 19 Ark. 51 1857 1 Arkansas
Ex parte Sifford 22 F. Cas. 105 1857 1 United States
Ruddell v. Ambler 18 Ark. 369 1857 1 Arkansas
Rockhill v. Spraggs 9 Ind. 30 1857 1 Indiana
Walker's Administrator v. Walker 25 Mo. 367 1857 1 Missouri
Gale v. Grannis 9 Ind. 140 1857 1 Indiana
Born v. Shaw 29 Pa. 288 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Clingan v. Mitcheltree 31 Pa. 25 1857 1 Pennsylvania