Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Alabama
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
May's Heirs v. May's Adm'r. 28 Ala. 141 1856 0 Alabama
Tinsley v. Jones 54 Va. 289 1856 1 Virginia
Carroll v. Hancock 48 N.C. 471 1856 0 North Carolina
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
Oden v. Windley 55 N.C. 440 1856 0 North Carolina
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Williams v. Holmes 9 Md. 281 1856 1 Maryland
Boyd v. McCann 10 Md. 118 1856 1 Maryland
Heskett v. Borden Mining Co. 10 Md. 179 1856 1 Maryland
Miller v. Dorsey 9 Md. 317 1856 1 Maryland
Berry v. Griffin 10 Md. 27 1856 1 Maryland
Williams v. Barnes 28 Ala. 613 1856 1 Alabama
Derby v. Derby 4 R.I. 414 1856 1 Rhode Island
Goode v. Goode 22 Mo. 518 1856 1 Missouri
Stratton v. Ham 8 Ind. 84 1856 1 Indiana
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Gough v. Pratt 9 Md. 526 1856 1 Maryland