Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 Slave Importation United States
Osiander v. Commonwealth 30 Va. 780 1831 1 Virginia
Kerr & Bell v. Whiteside 1 Ill. 390 1831 1 Illinois
Chisolm v. Skillman 2 La. 142 1831 0 Seizure, sales, successions, damages, property, community property, debts, privileges Louisiana
Lodge v. Simonton 2 Pen. & W. 439 1831 1 Pennsylvania
Gregory v. Baugh 29 Va. 665 1831 0 Action of freedom SC of Appeals VA
Rils v. Questi 2 La. 249 1831 0 Successions, sales, property, debts Louisiana
United States v. Tingey 30 U.S. 115 1831 1 United States
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina
Butler v. Duvall 4 F. Cas. 901 1831 1 United States
Smith's Heirs v. Blunt 2 La. 132 1831 0 Mortgages, sales, seizure, debts, successions, privileges, property Louisiana
Stokes & Smith v. Upper Appomatox Co. 30 Va. 318 1831 1 Virginia
Parter v. The Friendship 18 F. Cas. 1271 1831 0 Suit for salvage of alleged slave ship United States
Mayfield v. Clifton 3 Stew. 375 1831 0 Will & trust Alabama
Sheppard v. Taylor 30 U.S. 675 1831 1 United States
Finch v. Ragland 17 N.C. 137 1831 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Paxton v. Cobb 2 La. 137 1831 0 Fraud, reconventional demand, delivery, property Louisiana
Jane v. State 3 Mo. 61 1831 0 Missouri
Boyd v. Woodfin 3 Stew. 357 1831 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama