Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Flash, Hartwell & Co. v. Paul, Cook & Co. 29 Ala. 141 1856 1 Alabama
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Matter of Coates 3 Abb. Ct. App. 231 1856 1 New York
Gadsden v. Raysor 43 S.C.L. 276 1856 1 South Carolina
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Ala. & Tenn. Rivers Railroad v. Kidd 29 Ala. 221 1856 1 Alabama
Lytle v. State 17 Ark. 608 1856 1 Arkansas
Firemen's Insurance v. McMillan 29 Ala. 147 1856 1 Alabama
Crothers v. Lee 29 Ala. 337 1856 1 Alabama
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Hamilton v. Moore 32 Miss. 625 1856 1 Mississippi
Morrow v. Higgins 29 Ala. 448 1856 1 Alabama
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Richards v. Patterson 30 Miss. 583 1856 1 Mississippi
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
Lusk v. Lewis 32 Miss. 297 1856 1 Mississippi
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Dunkle v. Renick 6 Ohio St. 527 1856 1 Ohio
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama