Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Rogers v. Saunders 16 Me. 92 1839 1 Maine
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Trustees of McIntire Poor School v. Zanesville Canal & Manufacturing Co. 9 Ohio 203 1839 1 Ohio
McFarland's Administrators v. Clark 39 Ky. 134 1839 1 Kentucky
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Baker v. Morris's Adm'r 37 Va. 285 1839 1 Virginia
Lupton v. Janney 38 U.S. 381 1839 1 United States