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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Louisiana
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Arkansas
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Louisiana
State v. Edney 20 N.C. 378 1839 0 North Carolina
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Louisiana
Magruder v. Stewart's Administrators 5 Miss. 204 1839 0 Mississippi
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Mississippi
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Louisiana
Town of Colchester v. Town of Lyme 13 Conn. 274 1839 0 Connecticut
Thomas v. Hodgson 4 Whart. 492 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Findlay v. Hickman 37 Va. 354 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Jackson v. Jackson 37 Va. 448 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Bartow 13 La. 404 1839 0 Louisiana
Moore's Adm'r v. George's Adm'r 37 Va. 228 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA