Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Sullivan 23 Mo. 474 1856 1 Missouri
Kellam's Ex'or v. Kellam 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 357 1856 1 Virginia
Denmead v. Bank of Baltimore 9 Md. 179 1856 1 Maryland
Vaugine v. Taylor 18 Ark. 65 1856 1 Arkansas
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan
Williams v. Holmes 9 Md. 281 1856 1 Maryland
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Brown, Bros. v. Bank of Mississippi 31 Miss. 454 1856 1 Mississippi
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Mickle v. Miles 31 Pa. 20 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Chenery v. Palmer 6 Cal. 119 1856 1 California
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Dorsey 9 Md. 317 1856 1 Maryland
Dorsey v. Dorsey 9 Md. 31 1856 1 Maryland
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Gough v. Pratt 9 Md. 526 1856 1 Maryland
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa