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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mulhollan v. Eaton 11 La. 291 1837 0 Promissory notes, partnerships, sales, liquidation, obligations Louisiana
Hoffman v. Coster 2 Whart. 453 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Woodsides v. State 3 Miss. 655 1837 1 Mississippi
Goddin v. Crump 35 Va. 120 1837 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Brawley v. Catron 35 Va. 522 1837 1 Virginia
Turpin v. Povall 35 Va. 93 1837 1 Virginia
Clark v. Banner 21 N.C. 608 1837 1 North Carolina
Janey v. Blake's Adm'r 35 Va. 88 1837 1 Virginia
Hutchcraft's Administrator v. Tilford 35 Ky. 353 1837 1 Kentucky
Douglass v. Fagg 35 Va. 588 1837 1 Virginia
Van Wyck v. Seward 18 Wend. 198 1837 1 New York
Houston v. Dyche 19 Tenn. 76 1838 1 Tennessee
Spooner v. McConnell 22 F. Cas. 939 1838 1 United States
Jenkins v. Pye 37 U.S. 241 1838 1 United States
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Towner v. Lane's Adm'r 36 Va. 101 1838 1 Virginia
Case v. Riker 10 Vt. 482 1838 1 Vermont
Commonwealth v. Fells 36 Va. 216 1838 1 Virginia
Boyle v. Commonwealth 55 Va. 674 1838 1 Virginia
Ewing v. Cantrell 19 Tenn. 364 1838 1 Tennessee