Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Walker v. Skeene 40 Tenn. 1 1859 1 Tennessee
Relfe v. Relfe 34 Ala. 500 1859 1 Alabama
Smith v. Brannan 13 Cal. 107 1859 1 California
Ableman v. Booth 11 Wis. 498 1859 1 Wisconsin
Sims v. Yazoo & Big Black Plank Road Co. 38 Miss. 23 1859 1 Mississippi
Jackson v. Payne’s executors 59 Ky. 567 1859 1 Kentucky
White v. Hampton 9 Iowa 181 1859 1 Iowa
McKee v. McKinley 33 Pa. 92 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Emerson v. Atwater 7 Mich. 12 1859 1 Michigan
Town Council of Cahaba v. Burnett 34 Ala. 400 1859 1 Alabama
Johnston’s Estate 33 Pa. 511 1859 1 Pennsylvania
Combs v. Winchester 39 N.H. 13 1859 1 New Hampshire
Seaburn's Ex'or v. Seaburn 56 Va. 423 1859 1 Virginia
Yeakle, Cobb & Co. v. George 46 S.C.L. 153 1859 1 South Carolina
Spear v. Newell 22 F. Cas. 904 1859 1 United States
Fenner v. Manchester 6 R.I. 140 1859 1 Rhode Island
Wilkinson v. Flowers 37 Miss. 579 1859 1 Mississippi
Collins v. Butler 14 Cal. 223 1859 1 California
Haxall v. Willis 56 Va. 434 1859 1 Virginia
Kent v. Mahaffey 10 Ohio St. 204 1859 1 Ohio