Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
McAfferty v. Conover's Lessee 7 Ohio St. 99 1857 1 Ohio
Abbey v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 34 Miss. 571 1857 1 Mississippi
Bass v. Taylor 34 Miss. 342 1857 1 Mississippi
Cook v. Hathaway 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 1 1857 1 California
Forniquet v. Forstall 34 Miss. 87 1857 1 Mississippi
Mills v. Walton 19 Tex. 271 1857 1 Texas
Norcum v. Lum 33 Miss. 299 1857 1 Mississippi
Harper v. Bibb 34 Miss. 472 1857 1 Mississippi
Lawrence v. Burris 12 La. Ann. 843 1857 1 Louisiana
Stalcup v. Garner 26 Mo. 72 1857 1 Missouri
Cavender v. Heirs of Smith 5 Iowa 157 1857 1 Iowa
Trask v. State Fire & Marine Insurance 29 Pa. 198 1857 1 Pennsylvania
Goff v. Robins 33 Miss. 153 1857 1 Mississippi
Shearer v. Winston 33 Miss. 149 1857 1 Mississippi
Ladd v. Wiggin 35 N.H. 421 1857 1 New Hampshire