Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Sailor v. Hertzog 4 Whart. 259 1839 1 Pennsylvania
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Louisiana
Sumner v. Moore 23 F. Cas. 389 1839 1 United States
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Louisiana
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Louisiana
Goldenbow v. Wright 13 La. 371 1839 0 Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Louisiana
Laidley v. Merrifield 34 Va. 346 1839 1 Virginia
Spruill v. Cannon 22 N.C. 400 1839 0 North Carolina
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
Corcoran v. Jones 6 F. Cas. 544 1839 0 United States
Worth v. Curtis 15 Me. 228 1839 1 Maine
Sortwell v. Jewett 9 Ohio 180 1839 1 Ohio
Thomas v. Mackall 23 F. Cas. 961 1839 1 United States
Pierce's Adm'r v. Trigg's Heirs 37 Va. 406 1839 1 Virginia
Burton v. Smith 38 U.S. 464 1839 1 United States