Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carroll v. Hancock 48 N.C. 471 1856 0 North Carolina
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Vaugine v. Taylor 18 Ark. 65 1856 1 Arkansas
Brown, Bros. v. Bank of Mississippi 31 Miss. 454 1856 1 Mississippi
State v. Fox 25 N.J.L. 566 1856 1 New Jersey
May's Heirs v. May's Adm'r. 28 Ala. 141 1856 0 Alabama
Boxly v. McKay 36 Tenn. 286 1856 0 Tennessee
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Oden v. Windley 55 N.C. 440 1856 0 North Carolina
People v. Diaz 6 Cal. 248 1856 1 California
Wharton v. Marberry 35 Tenn. 603 1856 0 Tennessee
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Gilkeson v. Frederick Justices 54 Va. 577 1856 1 Virginia