Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
O'Brien v. Lewis 8 Ala. 666 1845 1 Alabama
Wilson v. Leigh 39 N.C. 97 1845 1 North Carolina
Merrill v. Lattimore 12 La. 138 1845 1 Louisiana
American Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Emerson 12 Miss. 177 1845 1 Mississippi
Dickinson v. Lippitt 27 N.C. 560 1845 1 North Carolina
Den ex dem. Harper v. Burrow 28 N.C. 30 1845 1 North Carolina
New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Paulding 12 La. 378 1845 1 Louisiana
Hopkins's Adm'r v. Cockerell 43 Va. 88 1845 1 Virginia
Downer & Co. v. Morrison 43 Va. 250 1845 1 Virginia
New Orleans & Carrollton Rail Road v. Ratliff 10 Rob. 37 1845 1 Louisiana
Breed v. Guay 10 Rob. 35 1845 1 Louisiana
Thomas v. Kean 10 Rob. 80 1845 1 Louisiana
Dunn v. Kenney 11 Rob. 249 1845 1 Louisiana
Oliver v. Williams 12 La. 180 1845 1 Louisiana
Delavigne v. Gaiennie 11 Rob. 171 1845 1 Louisiana
Valderes v. Bird 10 Rob. 396 1845 1 Louisiana
Kræutler v. President of the Bank of the United States 11 Rob. 160 1845 1 Louisiana
Babin v. Nolan 10 Rob. 373 1845 1 Louisiana
Arthur v. Cochran 12 La. 41 1845 1 Louisiana
Swope v. Chambers 43 Va. 319 1845 1 Virginia