Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harrison v. Faulk 16 La. 358 1840 0 Louisiana
Nelson v. Botts 16 La. 596 1840 0 Louisiana
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Louisiana
Brander v. Bowmar 16 La. 370 1840 0 Louisiana
Gordon v. Nelson 16 La. 321 1840 0 Louisiana
Emmerling v. Beebe 15 La. 251 1840 0 Louisiana
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 North Carolina
Tompkins v. Benjamin 16 La. 197 1840 0 Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Louisiana
Petrovic v. Hyde 16 La. 223 1840 0 Louisiana
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Louisiana
Brosnaham v. Turner 16 La. 433 1840 0 Louisiana
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 North Carolina
Filhiol's Heirs v. Hempkin 16 La. 326 1840 0 Louisiana
Den on Demise of Halcombe v. Ray 23 N.C. 340 1840 1 North Carolina
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. New York
Reed v. Benton & Manchester Rail Road & Banking Co. 5 Miss. 257 1840 1 Mississippi
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Louisiana