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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Arkansas
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Spruill v. Cannon 22 N.C. 400 1839 0 North Carolina
Petway v. Powell 22 N.C. 308 1839 0 North Carolina
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Louisiana
Joyner v. Vincent 20 N.C. 512 1839 0 North Carolina
Tally v. Tally 22 N.C. 385 1839 0 North Carolina
Peter v. State 4 Miss. 433 1839 0 Mississippi
M'Cutchen's Adm'rs v. M'Cutchen 9 Port. 650 1839 0 Alabama
Chaffin v. Chaffin 22 N.C. 255 1839 0 North Carolina
Runyon v. Leary 20 N.C. 231 1839 0 North Carolina
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Louisiana
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Norwood v. Marrow 20 N.C. 442 1839 0 North Carolina
Swift v. Fitzhugh 9 Port. 39 1839 0 Alabama
Pearson v. Daniel 22 N.C. 360 1839 0 North Carolina
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut