Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Turner 18 Tenn. 287 1837 0 Tennessee
Clagett v. Hall 9 G. & J. 80 1837 0 Maryland
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Hansford v. Elliott 9 Leigh 79 1837 0 Virginia
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Criminal New Hampshire
Van Kleeck v. Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church 6 Paige Ch. 600 1837 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
Penny v. Toulouse 11 La. 109 1837 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Mississippi
M'Burney v. Flagg 11 La. 333 1837 0 Louisiana
Conway v. Williams' Administrator 10 La. 568 1837 0 Louisiana
Burke v. Clarke 11 La. 206 1837 0 Louisiana
Bank of Alabama v. M'Dade 4 Port. 252 1837 0 Alabama
Clayton v. Liverman 19 N.C. 558 1837 0 North Carolina