Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blair v. Reid 20 Tex. 310 1857 0 Texas
Hollingsworth v. Hammond 30 Ala. 668 1857 1 Alabama
Martin v. Branch Bank at Decatur 31 Ala. 115 1857 1 Alabama
Harper v. Bibb 34 Miss. 472 1857 1 Mississippi
Abbey v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 34 Miss. 571 1857 1 Mississippi
Lockhart v. Lockhart 56 N.C. 205 1857 0 North Carolina
Liles v. State 30 Ala. 24 1857 1 Alabama
Wheeler v. Piper 56 N.C. 249 1857 0 North Carolina
Brady v. Price 19 Tex. 285 1857 0 Texas
Commonwealth v. Sowle 75 Mass. 304 1857 1 Massachusetts
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
Truman v. Taylor 4 Iowa 424 1857 1 Iowa
Lawrence v. Burris 12 La. Ann. 843 1857 1 Louisiana
Newell v. Newell 34 Miss. 385 1857 0 Mississippi
Mills v. Mills 26 Conn. 213 1857 1 Connecticut
Hamilton v. Avery 20 Tex. 612 1857 1 Texas
Williams v. Sullivan 31 S.C. Eq. 217 1857 1 South Carolina
Alexander v. Kennedy 19 Tex. 488 1857 0 Texas
Leary v. Nash 56 N.C. 356 1857 0 North Carolina
Exum v. Canty 34 Miss. 533 1857 0 Mississippi