Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Nabors v. Thomason 1 Ala. 590 1840 1 Alabama
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York