Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williamson v Hill 6 Port. 184 1837 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Mead v. Steger 5 Port. 498 1837 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Broughton v. President of the Bank 6 Port. 48 1837 1 Alabama
Perkins v. Mayfield 5 Port. 182 1837 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama
State v. Brown 4 Port. 410 1837 0 Action against Enslaved Person thief Alabama
Turner v. Thrower 5 Port. 43 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
State v. M'Donald 4 Port. 449 1837 0 Indictment for Conspiraring with an Enslaved Person to Start a Rebellion Alabama
Draughon v. French's adm'or 4 Port. 352 1837 0 Bill in Equity Alabama
Saltmarsh v. Beene 4 Port. 283 1837 1 Alabama
Skipwith's Ex'or v. Cunningham 35 Va. 271 1837 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
King's Ex'ors v. Sheffey's Adm'r 35 Va. 614 1837 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Pearce v. Gleaves 18 Tenn. 359 1837 0 Tennessee
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Wood v. Vandenburgh 6 Paige Ch. 277 1837 0 Will & Trust Chancery Court of New York
Beehler v. Steever 2 Whart. 313 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Town of New-Haven v. Town of Newtown 12 Conn. 165 1837 1 Connecticut
Lynch v. Utica Insurance 18 Wend. 127 1837 1 New York
Governor for Fisher v. Vanmeter 36 Va. 18 1837 1 Virginia