Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Segur v. Pellerin 16 La. 63 1840 0 Louisiana
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Arkansas
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Le Blanc v. His Creditors 16 La. 120 1840 0 Louisiana
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 North Carolina
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Lesassier v. Lesassier 15 La. 55 1840 0 Louisiana
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 New Jersey
Commonwealth v. Pleasant 37 Va. 697 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Anderson v. Thompson 38 Va. 439 1840 0 SC of Appeals VA