Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Vaughan v. Dickens 22 N.C. 52 1838 0 North Carolina
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
Wynns v. Alexander 22 N.C. 58 1838 0 North Carolina
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 North Carolina
Caton v. Carter 9 G. & J. 476 1838 0 Maryland
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hooper v. Hooper 20 N.C. 150 1838 0 North Carolina
Allen v. Pass 20 N.C. 77 1838 0 North Carolina
Surviving Partners of Massey v. M'Dowell 20 N.C. 120 1838 0 North Carolina
Bunting v. Ricks 22 N.C. 130 1838 0 North Carolina
M'Cutchen v. M'Cutchen 8 Port. 151 1838 0 Alabama
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Couch v. Campbell 6 Port. 262 1838 0 Alabama
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Mississippi
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Caton v. MacTavish 10 G. & J. 192 1838 0 Maryland