Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Kettelle 6 Ill. 491 1844 1 Illinois
Johnson v. Hanson 6 Ala. 351 1844 1 Alabama
Isaac v. Clarke 2 Gill 1 1844 1 Maryland
Pettit v. Jennings 41 Va. 676 1844 1 Virginia
Stansell v. Roberts 13 Ohio 148 1844 1 Ohio
Dwight v. Smith 9 Rob. 32 1844 1 Louisiana
Reed v. Bias 8 Watts & Serg. 189 1844 1 Pennsylvania
Doe ex dem. Burke v. Elliott 26 N.C. 355 1844 1 North Carolina
Armfield v. Armfield 1 Freem. Ch. 311 1844 1 Mississippi
Dickinson v. Voorhees 7 Watts & Serg. 353 1844 1 Pennsylvania
Jenkins v. Felton 9 Rob. 200 1844 0 Louisiana
Rives v. Wilborne 6 Ala. 45 1844 0 Alabama
Beatty v. Smith 10 Miss. 567 1844 0 Mississippi
Houston v. Burney 10 Miss. 583 1844 0 Mississippi
Tunstall v. Walker 10 Miss. 638 1844 0 Mississippi
Cummings' Heirs v. Gill's Heirs 6 Ala. 562 1844 1 Alabama
Dickinson v. Hoomes 42 Va. 303 1844 0 SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Stacy 5 Ark. 403 1844 0 Arkansas
Wiswall v. Ticknor 6 Ala. 178 1844 0 Alabama
State v. Murphy 6 Ala. 845 1844 1 Alabama