Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sorrells v. Sorrells 4 Ark. 296 1842 1 Arkansas
State v. Gallimon 24 N.C. 372 1842 1 North Carolina
Middleton v. Pritchard 4 Ill. 510 1842 1 Illinois
Parish v. Gear 1 Pin. 261 1842 1 Wisconsin
Rand v. Hubbard 45 Mass. 252 1842 1 Massachusetts
May v. Boisseau 39 Va. 512 1842 1 Virginia
Barnard v. Erwin 2 Rob. 407 1842 1 Louisiana
Allen v. Roundtree 28 S.C.L. 80 1842 1 South Carolina
Page v. Booth 40 Va. 161 1842 1 Virginia
Kimbrough v. Benton 22 Tenn. 110 1842 1 Tennessee
Leshey v. Gardner 3 Watts & Serg. 314 1842 1 Pennsylvania
Adams v. Jackson 4 Watts & Serg. 55 1842 1 Pennsylvania
Medley v. Pannill's Adm'r 40 Va. 63 1842 1 Virginia
Lord v. Lancey 21 Me. 468 1842 1 Maine
Kittridge v. Landry 2 Rob. 72 1842 1 Louisiana
United States v. Murphy 41 U.S. 203 1842 1 United States
Nicks' Heirs v. Rector 4 Ark. 251 1842 1 Arkansas
State ex rel. Wardens of the Poor of Beaufort County v. Gerard 37 N.C. 210 1842 1 North Carolina
Dishazer v. Maitland 39 Va. 524 1842 1 Virginia
Carmille v. Administrator of Carmille 27 S.C.L. 454 1842 1 South Carolina