Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Latterett v. Cook 1 Iowa 1 1855 1 Iowa
Hurst v. Means 34 Tenn. 546 1855 1 Tennessee
Ashby v. Harrison's Committee 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1855 1 Virginia
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
Murphy v. Merritt 48 N.C. 37 1855 0 North Carolina
People v. Milgate 5 Cal. 127 1855 1 California
Branch v. Littleberry Branch 6 Fla. 314 1855 1 Florida
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Lafferty v. Turley 35 Tenn. 157 1855 1 Tennessee
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Alabama
Eyler v. Hoover 8 Md. 1 1855 1 Maryland
Park v. Walker 34 Tenn. 503 1855 1 Tennessee
Beard v. Dennis 6 Ind. 200 1855 1 Indiana
Reese v. Harris 27 Ala. 301 1855 0 Alabama
Thomason v. Rice 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 123 1855 1 Tennessee
Miller v. Flournoy's Heirs 26 Ala. 724 1855 0 Alabama
Pensenneau v. Pensenneau 22 Mo. 27 1855 1 Missouri
Thomason v. Rice 1 Shan. Cas. 69 1855 1 Tennessee
Shell v. Shell 34 Tenn. 716 1855 1 Tennessee