Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Bozeman v. Gilbert 1 Ala. 90 1840 1 Alabama
Berrien v. McLane 1 Hoff. Ch. 421 1840 1 New York
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Nesbit v. Manro ex rel. Warfield 11 G. & J. 261 1840 1 Maryland