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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mechanics' Bank v. New York & New Haven Rail Road 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 480 1855 1 New York
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
Given v. Gould 39 Me. 410 1855 1 Maine
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana
Park v. Walker 34 Tenn. 503 1855 1 Tennessee
Mays v. Williams 27 Ala. 267 1855 1 Alabama
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Overton v. Simon 10 La. Ann. 685 1855 0 Louisiana
Parker v. Portis 14 Tex. 166 1855 0 Texas
Mardree v. Sutton 47 N.C. 146 1855 0 North Carolina
Mouton v. Beauchamp 10 La. Ann. 666 1855 0 Louisiana
Tompkins v. Tigner 17 Ga. 103 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Matta v. Gayle 10 La. Ann. 347 1855 0 Louisiana
West v. Williams 15 Ark. 682 1855 0 Arkansas
The Larch 14 F. Cas. 1142 1855 0 Civil District Court, D. Maine
Howze v. Howze 14 Tex. 232 1855 0 Texas
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Massachusetts
McCall v. White 10 La. Ann. 577 1855 0 Louisiana
Hampton v. Rather 30 Miss. 193 1855 0 Mississippi