Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Leckey v. Bloser 24 Pa. 401 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Olendorf v. Swartz 5 Cal. 480 1855 1 California
Winder v. Smith 47 N.C. 327 1855 1 North Carolina
Poorman v. Kilgore 26 Pa. 365 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Hudson v. Crow 26 Ala. 515 1855 1 Alabama
Patterson v. Edwards 29 Miss. 67 1855 1 Mississippi
Wheat v. Moss 16 Ark. 243 1855 1 Arkansas
Ex parte Gist 26 Ala. 156 1855 1 Alabama
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Clarke v. School District No. 7 3 R.I. 199 1855 1 Rhode Island
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Underhill v. Saratoga & Washington Rail Road 20 Barb. 455 1855 1 New York
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Cleland v. Waters 19 Ga. 35 1855 1 Georgia
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
Walker v. Wootten 18 Ga. 119 1855 1 Georgia