Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Louisiana
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 North Carolina
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 North Carolina
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 North Carolina
Le Blanc v. His Creditors 16 La. 120 1840 0 Louisiana
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 North Carolina