Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lyon v. Leavitt 3 Ala. 430 1842 1 Alabama
Cosby v. Lambert 40 Va. 225 1842 1 Virginia
Middleton v. Pritchard 4 Ill. 510 1842 1 Illinois
Rives v. Pettit 4 Ark. 582 1842 1 Arkansas
Dwight v. Linton 3 Rob. 57 1842 1 Louisiana
Literary Fund v. Dawson's Ex'or 40 Va. 402 1842 1 Virginia
Cocke's Adm'r v. Gilpin 40 Va. 21 1842 1 Virginia
Goode v. Mayson's Administrators 7 Miss. 543 1842 1 Mississippi
Comstock v. Créon 1 Rob. 528 1842 1 Louisiana
May v. Boisseau 39 Va. 512 1842 1 Virginia
Dalzell v. Crawford 1 Parsons 37 1842 1 Pennsylvania
Desloge v. Ranger 7 Mo. 327 1842 1 Missouri
Steinham v. United States 22 F. Cas. 1235 1842 1 United States
Hatch v. City Bank of New Orleans 1 Rob. 470 1842 1 Louisiana
Dorsey v. Merritt 7 Miss. 390 1842 1 Mississippi
Carleton v. Osgood 7 Miss. 285 1842 1 Mississippi
Price v. Sharp 24 N.C. 417 1842 1 North Carolina
Franciscus v. Surget 6 Rob. 33 1843 1 Louisiana
Jones v. Sidle 5 Rob. 59 1843 1 Louisiana
Wilcocks v. Phillips 29 F. Cas. 1198 1843 1 United States