Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shorter v. Sheppard 33 Ala. 648 1859 1 Alabama
Rocco v. State 37 Miss. 357 1859 1 Mississippi
State v. Houser 28 Mo. 233 1859 1 Missouri
Berry v. Cooper & Boykin 28 Ga. 543 1859 1 Georgia
Donald & Co. v. Hewitt 33 Ala. 534 1859 1 Alabama
Gorman v. Hammond 28 Ga. 85 1859 1 Georgia
Burt v. Thompson 40 Tenn. 534 1859 1 Tennessee
Rice v. Breheny 7 Del. 74 1859 1 Delaware
Anonymous 35 Ala. 226 1859 1 Alabama
Graydon v. Church 7 Mich. 36 1859 1 Michigan
Williams v. Mears 2 Disney (Ohio) 604 1859 1 Ohio
Levering & Morton v. Washington 3 Minn. 323 1859 1 Minnesota
Schwein v. Sims 59 Ky. 209 1859 1 Kentucky
Griffith v. Dewitt 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 186 1859 1 Tennessee
McRee's Adm'rs v. Means 34 Ala. 349 1859 1 Alabama
Davis v. Robertson 14 La. Ann. 281 1859 1 Louisiana
Rhodes v. Otis 33 Ala. 578 1859 1 Alabama
Yonge v. Kinney 28 Ga. 111 1859 1 Georgia
People v. Tyler 7 Mich. 161 1859 1 Michigan
Patterson v. Crawford 12 Ind. 241 1859 1 Indiana