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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Minor v. Lancashire 5 Miss. 347 1840 0 Forfeiture of property dispute Mississippi
Ball's Administratrix v. Ball 15 La. 173 1840 1 Louisiana
Shaw v. McFarlane 23 N.C. 216 1840 1 North Carolina
Piatt v. Oliver 19 F. Cas. 550 1840 1 United States
Corbin v. Emmerson 37 Va. 663 1840 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
State v. Stalcup 23 N.C. 30 1840 1 North Carolina
Jobe v. O'Brien 21 Tenn. 34 1840 0 Tennessee
Dunbar v. Thomas 14 La. 332 1840 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, successions, partition, injunction, damages, property Louisiana
Bell v. Greenfield 5 D.C. 669 1840 0 Freedom Suit/ Will United States
Burchard v. Wright 38 Va. 463 1840 1 Virginia
Adams v. His Creditors 14 La. 454 1840 0 Property, promissory notes, conflict of laws, contracts, partnerships, privileges, debts, community property, mortgages, prescription, fraud, syndic Louisiana
Jenkins v. Cockerham 23 N.C. 309 1840 1 North Carolina
Maurin v. Dashiell 14 La. 471 1840 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278 1840 0 Torts, slander, jury instructions, malice, evidence, witness testimony, damages Louisiana
Lee v. Pindle 11 G. & J. 362 1840 0 Maryland
Gillett v. Hall 13 Conn. 426 1840 0 Partnership dispute Connecticut
Garrott v. Johnson 11 G. & J. 173 1840 0 Maryland
Lesassier v. Dashiell 14 La. 467 1840 0 Promissory notes, property, sales, mortgages, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana
Williams v. Duer 14 La. 523 1840 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, mortgages, successions, promissory notes, injunction, bonds Louisiana
Perry v. Gill 21 Tenn. 218 1840 0 Tennessee