Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Louisiana
Hall v. Galbraith 8 Watts 220 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 North Carolina
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Hatton v. Weems 10 G. & J. 377 1839 0 Maryland
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Louisiana
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 North Carolina
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Mississippi
Ponton v. McLemor 22 N.C. 285 1839 0 North Carolina
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Mississippi
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 General Ct of VA
Fortier v. Labranche 13 La. 355 1839 0 Louisiana
Baptiste, F. W. C. v. Soulie, F. W. C. 13 La. 268 1839 0 Louisiana
Buffalow v. Buffalow 22 N.C. 241 1839 0 North Carolina