Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
New-Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Dudley 8 Paige Ch. 452 1840 1 New York
United States v. The Catharine 25 F. Cas. 332 1840 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. New York
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Simmons' Lessee v. Hendrickson 3 Del. 103 1840 1 Delaware
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Doe ex dem Duval's heirs v. McLoskey 1 Ala. 708 1840 1 Alabama
Morton v. Perry 42 Mass. 446 1840 1 Massachusetts
Mathis v. Mathis 18 N.J.L. 59 1840 1 New Jersey
Sherrill v. Harrell 36 N.C. 194 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Johnson v. Morgan, Allison & Co. 21 Tenn. 115 1840 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Sutton v. Craddock 36 N.C. 134 1840 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Fairfax's Adm'r v. Lewis 38 Va. 233 1840 1 Virginia
Patterson v. Denton 1 Miss. (S. & M. Ch.) 592 1840 1 Mississippi
Hosack's Executors v. Rogers 25 Wend. 313 1840 1 New York
Gilbreath v. Alban 10 Ohio 64 1840 1 Ohio
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Magruder v. Peter 11 G. & J. 217 1840 1 Maryland