Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Crozer v. Leland 4 Whart. 12 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Alabama
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Bassett v. Johnson 2 N.J. Eq. 154 1839 1 New Jersey
Hall v. Browder's Administrators 5 Miss. 224 1839 0 Mississippi
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Alabama
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 North Carolina
Clark v. Bigelow 16 Me. 246 1839 1 Maine
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut
Platt v. Howland 37 Va. 507 1839 1 Virginia
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Alabama
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 United States
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Hall v. Galbraith 8 Watts 220 1839 1 Pennsylvania
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Alabama
Towell v. Gatewood 3 Ill. 22 1839 1 Illinois
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Alabama
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Alabama
Tewksbury v. Tewksbury 5 Miss. 109 1839 0 Mississippi