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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Clapp v. Mandeville 6 Miss. 197 1840 0 Mississippi
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Bank of Mississippi v. Catlett's Executors 6 Miss. 175 1840 0 Mississippi
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Arkansas
State v. Chamblyss 25 S.C.L. 220 1840 1 South Carolina
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 North Carolina
Dawson v. Duplantier 15 La. 289 1840 0 Louisiana
Kemp v. Kemp 15 La. 517 1840 0 Louisiana
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 New Jersey
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 North Carolina
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 North Carolina
Gaines v. McKinley 1 Ala. 446 1840 0 Alabama
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Louisiana
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Mississippi
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Louisiana
Serapurn v. Bousquet 15 La. 509 1840 0 Louisiana
Emmerling v. Beebe 15 La. 251 1840 0 Louisiana