Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wood v. Wood 3 Ala. 756 1842 0 Alabama
United States v. Murphy 41 U.S. 203 1842 1 United States
Medley v. Pannill's Adm'r 40 Va. 63 1842 1 Virginia
Brewster v. McCall's devisees 15 Conn. 274 1842 1 Connecticut
Cullum v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 4 Ala. 21 1842 1 Alabama
Nicks' Heirs v. Rector 4 Ark. 251 1842 1 Arkansas
Chandler v. Woodward 3 Del. 428 1842 1 Delaware
Dillard v. Dillard 22 Tenn. 41 1842 0 Tennessee
Gregory v. Murrell 37 N.C. 233 1842 0 North Carolina
Moody v. Fry 22 Tenn. 567 1842 0 Tennessee
McRae v. Pegues 4 Ala. 158 1842 0 Alabama
Dwight v. Linton 3 Rob. 57 1842 1 Louisiana
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
Hopkins v. Land 4 Ala. 427 1842 0 Alabama
Succession of Henderson 2 Rob. 391 1842 1 Louisiana
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 North Carolina
Comstock v. Créon 1 Rob. 528 1842 1 Louisiana
Succession of Bowles 3 Rob. 31 1842 1 Louisiana
Newsom Administrator v. Thompson 24 N.C. 277 1842 0 North Carolina
Byrne v. Taylor 2 Rob. 341 1842 0 Louisiana