Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gorton v. Gorton's Executor 12 La. 476 1838 0 Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 12 La. 474 1838 0 Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 12 La. 394 1838 0 Louisiana
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Louisiana
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 United States
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Brown & Rives v. Ralston & Pleasants 36 Va. 190 1838 1 Virginia
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
Wilcox v. Pearman 36 Va. 61 1838 1 Virginia
Maury's Adm'r v. Mason's Adm'r 8 Port. 211 1838 1 Alabama
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Austin Parker & Co. v. Gordon 23 S.C.L. 270 1838 1 South Carolina
Towner v. Lane's Adm'r 36 Va. 101 1838 1 Virginia
State v. Ray 24 S.C.L. 1 1838 1 South Carolina
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee
Ashby's Adm'x v. Smith's Ex'x 36 Va. 68 1838 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia