Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rightor v. Slidell 3 Rob. 375 1842 1 Louisiana
Steinham v. United States 22 F. Cas. 1235 1842 1 United States
Comstock v. Créon 1 Rob. 528 1842 1 Louisiana
Wells v. Compton 3 Rob. 171 1842 1 Louisiana
Smith on demise of Kelly v. Spencer 25 N.C. 256 1842 1 North Carolina
Campbell's Adm'x v. Montgomery 40 Va. 392 1842 1 Virginia
Merchants’ Bank of New Orleans v. Peters 2 Rob. 214 1842 1 Louisiana
Tildon v. Dees 1 Rob. 407 1842 1 Louisiana
Taylor v. Whittemore 2 Rob. 99 1842 1 Louisiana
Falls v. McAfee 24 N.C. 236 1842 1 North Carolina
Succession of Bowles 3 Rob. 31 1842 1 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Hunt 45 Mass. 111 1842 1 Massachusetts
Smith v. de Lalande 1 Rob. 384 1842 1 Louisiana
Blessing's Adm'rs v. Beatty 40 Va. 287 1842 1 Virginia
Elliott v. Mayfield 4 Ala. 417 1842 1 Alabama
May v. Boisseau 39 Va. 512 1842 1 Virginia
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund v. Walker 7 Miss. 143 1842 1 Mississippi
Sorrells v. Sorrells 4 Ark. 296 1842 1 Arkansas
Beauchamp v. State 6 Blackf. 299 1842 1 Indiana
Pomeroy v. Manin 19 F. Cas. 959 1842 1 United States