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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Texas
Cawthorn v. McDonald 1 Rob. 55 1841 0 Louisiana
Stanbrough v. Scott 1 Rob. 43 1841 0 Louisiana
Comeau v. Fontenot 19 La. 406 1841 0 Louisiana
Cassidy v. His Creditors 18 La. 402 1841 0 Louisiana
Nash v. Benedict 25 Wend. 644 1841 0 SC of Judicature of New York
Lawson v. Ripley 17 La. 238 1841 0 Louisiana
Lapice v. Clifton 17 La. 152 1841 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Bradford 17 La. 263 1841 0 Louisiana
Foley v. Dufour 17 La. 521 1841 0 Louisiana
Jacobs v. Tricou 17 La. 104 1841 0 Louisiana
Rouanet v. Hunt 17 La. 407 1841 0 Louisiana
Bourgeois v. Bourgeois 17 La. 494 1841 0 Louisiana
State ex rel. Stanly v. McGowen 37 N.C. 9 1841 0 North Carolina
Fryer v. Dennis 2 Ala. 144 1841 0 Alabama
Penalta v. Borges' Executor 18 La. 348 1841 0 Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Third District 18 La. 444 1841 0 Louisiana
Turner v. Latorre 18 La. 74 1841 0 Louisiana
Briggs, Lacoste & Co. v. Campbell 19 La. 524 1841 0 Louisiana
Slaughter's Adm'r v. Tutt 39 Va. 147 1841 0 SC of Appeals VA