Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tazewell v. McCandlish 37 Va. 116 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Catlett v. Marshall 37 Va. 79 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Emerson's Heirs v. Hall 14 La. 1 1839 0 Louisiana
Mathews v. Pascal's Executor 13 La. 47 1839 0 Louisiana
Painpaie v. Martin 14 La. 59 1839 0 Louisiana
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Rochelle v. Harrison 8 Port. 351 1839 0 Alabama
Sauvinet v. Poupono, F. M. C. 14 La. 87 1839 0 Louisiana
Murphy v. Grice 22 N.C. 199 1839 0 North Carolina
Garnier v. Poydras 13 La. 177 1839 0 Louisiana
Thomas v. Mackall 5 D.C. 536 1839 0 United States
Nott v. Botts 13 La. 202 1839 0 Louisiana
Johnson v. Planters Bank 20 Tenn. 77 1839 1 Tennessee
Clayton v. Liverman 20 N.C. 238 1839 1 North Carolina
Proprietors of Machias v. Whitney 16 Me. 343 1839 1 Maine
Brown v. Morris 20 N.C. 429 1839 1 North Carolina