Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carroll v. Hancock 48 N.C. 471 1856 0 North Carolina
Matheson’s Heirs v. Hearin 29 Ala. 210 1856 0 Alabama
Lindsay v. Wayland 17 Ark. 385 1856 0 Arkansas
Dobbin v. Hubbard 17 Ark. 189 1856 0 Arkansas
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 United States
Farmer v. Barnes 56 N.C. 109 1856 0 North Carolina
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Sadler v. Anderson 17 Tex. 245 1856 0 Texas
Adams v. Dixon 19 Ga. 513 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Seay v. Bacon 36 Tenn. 99 1856 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Elliott v. Pool 56 N.C. 17 1856 0 North Carolina
Miller v. Jones' Adm'r 29 Ala. 174 1856 0 Alabama
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Batten v. Faulk 49 N.C. 233 1856 0 North Carolina
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Gwynn v. Hamilton's Adm'r 29 Ala. 233 1856 0 Alabama
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 North Carolina
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Louisiana
Cheek v. Bellows 17 Tex. 613 1856 0 Texas