Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Syer v. Gwin 2 Cal. Dist. Ct. 55 1857 1 California
Feeny v. Daly 8 Cal. 84 1857 1 California
Brooks v. Duffell 23 Ga. 441 1857 1 Georgia
American Colonization Society v. Gartrell 23 Ga. 448 1857 1 Georgia
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
Bolling's Ex'or v. Harrison 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 532 1857 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
Truman v. Taylor 4 Iowa 424 1857 1 Iowa
Huggins v. Perrine 30 Ala. 396 1857 1 Alabama
Howard v. Howard's Adm'rs 30 Ala. 391 1857 1 Alabama
Nims v. Johnson 7 Cal. 110 1857 1 California
Rives v. Montgomery South Plank-Road Co. 30 Ala. 92 1857 1 Alabama
Paul v. Hadley 23 Barb. 521 1857 1 New York
McDonald v. Cousins 23 Ga. 227 1857 1 Georgia
Delafield v. Parish 1 Redf. 1 1857 1 New York
Executors of Andrews v. His Administrators 7 Ohio St. 143 1857 1 Ohio
Bishop v. State 30 Ala. 34 1857 1 Alabama
Kelley v. Maxwell 7 Ohio St. 239 1857 1 Ohio
West Feliciana Railroad v. Thornton 12 La. Ann. 736 1857 1 Louisiana
Stanley v. Suggs 23 Ga. 137 1857 1 Georgia
Young v. Smith 25 Mo. 341 1857 1 Missouri