Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kerr v. Laird 27 Miss. 544 1854 1 Mississippi
Brevard v. Neely 34 Tenn. 164 1854 1 Tennessee
Beninger v. Corwin 24 N.J.L. 257 1854 1 New Jersey
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 United States
Willis v. Jones 11 Tex. 594 1854 1 Texas
Trenton Mutual Life & Fire Insurance v. Johnson 24 N.J.L. 576 1854 1 New Jersey
Hess v. Newcomer 7 Md. 325 1854 1 Maryland
Noles v. State 24 Ala. 672 1854 1 Alabama
Harrison v. State 24 Ala. 67 1854 1 Alabama
Ohio ex rel. Story v. Jennings 4 Ohio St. 419 1854 1 Ohio
Kincheloe v. Tracewells 52 Va. 587 1854 1 Virginia
Succession of Jarvis 9 La. Ann. 370 1854 1 Louisiana
Cook’s Lessee v. Carroll 6 Md. 104 1854 1 Maryland
Williams v. State 34 Tenn. 160 1854 1 Tennessee
Keating v. Spink 3 Ohio St. 105 1854 1 Ohio
Cooper v. Maddox 34 Tenn. 135 1854 1 Tennessee
Williams v. New-York Central Railroad 18 Barb. 222 1854 1 New York
Coolidge v. Alcock 30 N.H. 329 1854 1 New Hampshire
Robinsons v. Allen 52 Va. 785 1854 1 Virginia
McClees v. Sikes 46 N.C. 310 1854 0 North Carolina