Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
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
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