Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Louisiana
Bradshaw v. Mayfield 18 Tex. 21 1856 0 Texas
Cheek v. Bellows 17 Tex. 613 1856 0 Texas
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 United States
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Louisiana
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Alabama
Gillespie's Adm'r v. Burleson 28 Ala. 551 1856 0 Alabama
Machem v. Machem 28 Ala. 374 1856 0 Alabama
Walden v. Smith 29 Ala. 417 1856 0 Alabama
Hines v. Gordon 2 Hay. & Haz. 222 1856 0 District of Columbia
Franklin’s Adm’r v. Depriest 54 Va. 257 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Livingston v. Arrington 28 Ala. 424 1856 0 Alabama
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gilliam v. Underwood 56 N.C. 100 1856 0 North Carolina
Apple v. Allen 56 N.C. 120 1856 0 North Carolina
Pryor v. Ryburn 16 Ark. 671 1856 0 Arkansas
Machin v. Thompson 17 Ark. 199 1856 0 Arkansas
Mooney v. Brinkley 17 Ark. 340 1856 0 Arkansas
Wampler v. Wampler 9 Md. 540 1856 0 Maryland
Bell v. Jones 10 Md. 322 1856 0 Maryland