Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Shrew v. Jones 22 F. Cas. 40 1840 1 United States
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Coles v. Raymond 5 Blackf. 435 1840 1 Indiana
Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 1840 1 New York
Lee v. Parker 5 Whart. 342 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Bensell v. Chancellor 5 Whart. 371 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Segar v. Edwards 38 Va. 213 1840 1 Virginia
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio