Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Alabama
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 North Carolina
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 North Carolina
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Alabama
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Alabama
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Alabama
Smoot v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 72 1839 0 Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Alabama
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Louisiana
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
M'Cutchen's Adm'rs v. M'Cutchen 9 Port. 650 1839 0 Alabama
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Alabama
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Louisiana
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Louisiana
Spruill v. Cannon 22 N.C. 400 1839 0 North Carolina
Petway v. Powell 22 N.C. 308 1839 0 North Carolina