Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Alabama
Lyle v. Higginbotham 37 Va. 63 1839 1 Virginia
Franklin Bank v. Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland Steam Navigation Co. 11 G. & J. 28 1839 0 Maryland
Tide Water Canal Co. v. Archer 9 G. & J. 479 1839 1 Maryland
Hatton v. Weems 10 G. & J. 377 1839 0 Maryland
Otis v. Strafford 10 N.H. 352 1839 1 New Hampshire
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Webb v. Bumpass 9 Port. 201 1839 0 Alabama
Hombeck v. Vanmetre 9 Ohio 153 1839 1 Ohio
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Polk v. Gallant 22 N.C. 395 1839 1 North Carolina
Den on dem. Huggins v. Ketchum 20 N.C. 414 1839 1 North Carolina
Deaver v. Rice 20 N.C. 431 1839 1 North Carolina
Lobdell v. Bullitt 13 La. 348 1839 0 Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 13 La. 151 1839 0 Louisiana
Reynaud's Heirs v. Peytavin's Executors 13 La. 121 1839 0 Louisiana
Magoffin v. Stringer 13 La. 370 1839 0 Louisiana