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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dwight & Hartman 16 La. 145 1840 0 Louisiana
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Louisiana
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Louisiana
Landry v. Segond 15 La. 154 1840 0 Louisiana
Bissell v. Erwin's Heirs 15 La. 94 1840 0 Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 16 La. 175 1840 0 Louisiana
Fulton's v. Gorton's Executor 16 La. 320 1840 0 Louisiana
Mix's Absent Heirs v. Mix's Executor 15 La. 66 1840 0 Louisiana
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 North Carolina
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 North Carolina
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 North Carolina
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 North Carolina
Barker v. Wanzer 6 Miss. 290 1840 0 Mississippi
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Mississippi
Grand Gulf Bank v. Henderson 6 Miss. 292 1840 0 Mississippi
Gaines v. McKinley 1 Ala. 446 1840 0 Alabama
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Delaware
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Arkansas
Dawson v. Duplantier 15 La. 289 1840 0 Louisiana
Harris, Wright & Co. v. Halliday 5 Miss. 338 1840 0 Mississippi