Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lawrence v. Burris 12 La. Ann. 843 1857 1 Louisiana
Atkins v. Lewis 55 Va. 30 1857 1 Virginia
Walraven v. Lock 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 547 1857 1 Virginia
Planters' Bank v. Fowlkes 36 Tenn. 461 1857 1 Tennessee
Roberts v. Roberts 54 Va. 639 1857 1 Virginia
Erskine's Ex'ors v. North 55 Va. 60 1857 1 Virginia
Lasell v. L. E. & Epps Tucker 37 Tenn. 33 1857 1 Tennessee
Holt & Chambers v. Bancroft 30 Ala. 193 1857 1 Alabama
Greenlaw v. Kernahan 36 Tenn. 371 1857 1 Tennessee
Raine v. Rice 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 529 1857 1 Virginia
Harper v. Bibb 34 Miss. 472 1857 1 Mississippi
Cavender v. Heirs of Smith 5 Iowa 157 1857 1 Iowa
Forniquet v. Forstall 34 Miss. 87 1857 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Avery 20 Tex. 612 1857 1 Texas
Ballard v. Davis 31 Miss. 525 1856 1 Mississippi
Fox v. Sandford 36 Tenn. 36 1856 1 Tennessee
Dew v. Cunningham 28 Ala. 466 1856 1 Alabama
Chrystie v. Phyfe 22 Barb. 195 1856 1 New York
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia