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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 General Ct of VA
Emerson's Heirs v. Hall 14 La. 1 1839 0 Louisiana
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Louisiana
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Louisiana
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Louisiana
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Louisiana
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Petroux v. Chasal 13 La. 459 1839 0 Louisiana
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Louisiana
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Green 20 N.C. 354 1839 0 North Carolina
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Alabama
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 United States
Rapp v. Peyroux 13 La. 218 1839 0 Louisiana
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Magruder v. Stewart's Administrators 5 Miss. 204 1839 0 Mississippi