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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rochelle v. Rochelle 37 Va. 125 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Pavageau, F. M. C. v. His Creditors 13 La. 354 1839 0 Louisiana
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Clarke v. Dunnavant 37 Va. 13 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Catlett v. Marshall 37 Va. 79 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Literary Fund v. Dawson 37 Va. 147 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tazewell v. McCandlish 37 Va. 116 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Alabama
Murphy v. Grice 22 N.C. 199 1839 0 North Carolina
State v. Edney 20 N.C. 378 1839 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 General Ct of VA
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Arkansas
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Kinley v. Fitzpatrick 5 Miss. 59 1839 0 Mississippi
Rochelle v. Harrison 8 Port. 351 1839 0 Alabama
James v. Tait 8 Port. 476 1839 0 Alabama
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA