Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gregg v. Bethea 6 Port. 9 1837 0 Will & trust Alabama
Snead v. Rhodes 19 N.C. 386 1837 1 North Carolina
Prather v. Burgess 5 D.C. 376 1837 0 Marriage/Divorce United States
Morrill v. Wallace 9 N.H. 111 1837 1 New Hampshire
Nathan v. Gardere 11 La. 262 1837 0 Partnerships, property, promissory notes, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
Campbell v. Pennsylvania Life Insurance 2 Whart. 53 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Foutelet v. Dugas 11 La. 49 1837 0 Successions, mortgages, injunction, property, community property, sales Louisiana
Perkins v. Mayfield 5 Port. 182 1837 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama
Hall v. Emerson's Curator 11 La. 1 1837 0 Successions, property, sales, debts, privileges, seizure Louisiana
Kemp's Heirs v. Kemp's Executors 11 La. 19 1837 0 Successions, donation, partnerships, debts, privileges, promissory notes, partition Louisiana
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Consdieration of sale dispute Mississippi
Burke v. Clarke 11 La. 206 1837 0 Sales, damages, agency, partnerships, theft Louisiana
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Lane v. Dickerson 18 Tenn. 373 1837 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Alexander 19 N.C. 385 1837 0 Indictment for haboring and maintaining a runaway slave North Carolina
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Arnous v. Lesassier 10 La. 592 1837 0 Successions, property, mortgages, recordation, contracts Louisiana
Conway v. Williams' Administrator 10 La. 568 1837 0 Promissory notes, prescription, sales, witness testimony, debts Louisiana
Stewart's Curator v. Row 10 La. 530 1837 0 Successions, property, community property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Fisher v. Allen 3 Miss. 611 1837 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi