Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Mitchell v. Rainey 20 N.C. 61 1838 0 North Carolina
Parker v. Vick 22 N.C. 195 1838 0 North Carolina
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 North Carolina
Kirk v. Commonwealth 36 Va. 220 1838 1 Virginia
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 United States
Greenlee's Adm'r v. Bailey 36 Va. 188 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hayward v. Hayward 37 Mass. 517 1838 1 Massachusetts
Smith v. Berry 8 Ohio 365 1838 1 Ohio
Towner v. Lane's Adm'r 36 Va. 101 1838 1 Virginia
Brown v. Long 22 N.C. 138 1838 1 North Carolina
Ashby's Adm'x v. Smith's Ex'x 36 Va. 68 1838 1 Virginia
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Houston v. Dyche 19 Tenn. 76 1838 1 Tennessee