Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Alabama
Sutton v. Craddock 36 N.C. 134 1840 0 North Carolina
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Wilson v. Royston 2 Ark. 315 1840 0 Arkansas
Mahle v. Terry 16 La. 248 1840 0 Louisiana
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Ash v. Williams 2 F. Cas. 7 1840 1 United States
Pond v. Griffin 1 Ala. 678 1840 0 Alabama
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Beard v. White 1 Ala. 436 1840 1 Alabama
Collings v. Hamilton 14 La. 343 1840 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 General Ct. of VA
Ferriday v. Selser 5 Miss. 506 1840 0 Mississippi
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Mississippi
Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 1840 1 New York
Gregory v. Beasley 36 N.C. 25 1840 0 North Carolina