Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Defau v. Pelane 15 La. 273 1840 0 Louisiana
Emmerling v. Beebe 15 La. 251 1840 0 Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 15 La. 124 1840 0 Louisiana
Clapp v. Mandeville 6 Miss. 197 1840 0 Mississippi
Hoy v. Couch 6 Miss. 188 1840 0 Mississippi
Douthitt's Administrator v. Douthitt 1 Ala. 594 1840 0 Alabama
Shangle v. Runk 17 N.J.L. 372 1840 New Jersey
Simpson v. King 36 N.C. 11 1840 0 North Carolina
Piercy v. Piercey 36 N.C. 214 1840 0 North Carolina
Hardie v. Cotton 36 N.C. 61 1840 0 North Carolina
Cook's Heirs v. Bay 5 Miss. 485 1840 0 Mississippi
Wade v. Dick 36 N.C. 313 1840 0 North Carolina
Bank of Mississippi v. Catlett's Executors 6 Miss. 175 1840 0 Mississippi
McRea v. Walker 5 Miss. 455 1840 0 Mississippi
Walker v. Bradley 2 Ark. 578 1840 0 Arkansas
Kent v. Allbritain 5 Miss. 317 1840 0 Mississippi
Rentfrow v. Shaw 5 Miss. 651 1840 0 Mississippi
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Kentucky
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 North Carolina