Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Hoppess v. Straw 37 Va. 348 1839 1 Virginia
Clark v. Bigelow 16 Me. 246 1839 1 Maine
Grosvenor v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank 13 Conn. 104 1839 1 Connecticut
Hall v. Galbraith 8 Watts 220 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Bourne v. State 8 Port. 458 1839 1 Alabama
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia