Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Alabama
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Louisiana
James v. Tait 8 Port. 476 1839 0 Alabama
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Louisiana
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Alabama
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Louisiana
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Louisiana
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Louisiana
Lowry v. Houston 4 Miss. 394 1839 0 Mississippi
Petroux v. Chasal 13 La. 459 1839 0 Louisiana
Murphy v. Grice 22 N.C. 199 1839 0 North Carolina
State v. Edney 20 N.C. 378 1839 0 North Carolina
Worth v. Curtis 15 Me. 228 1839 1 Maine
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina
Rogers v. Saunders 16 Me. 92 1839 1 Maine
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Delaware
Philadelphia Loan Co. v. Towner 13 Conn. 249 1839 1 Connecticut