Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Proctor v. Ferebee 36 N.C. 143 1840 1 North Carolina
Callender v. McCreary 5 Miss. 356 1840 0 Statute of distrubtions dispute Mississippi
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Warranty dispute Mississippi
Green v. Robinson 6 Miss. 80 1840 0 Contracting dispute Mississippi
Hacker v. Perkins 5 Whart. 95 1840 1 Pennsylvania
Nugent v. Riley 42 Mass. 117 1840 1 Massachusetts
Force v. Haines 17 N.J.L. 385 1840 Recovery for support of slave New Jersey
Tunstall v. Pollard's Adm'r 38 Va. 1 1840 1 Virginia
York Bank v. Appleton 17 Me. 55 1840 1 Maine
Lightfoot v. Doe, on the Demise of the Heirs of Lewis 1 Ala. 475 1840 1 Alabama
Overton v. Maben 37 Va. 609 1840 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Powell's Ex'ors v. White 38 Va. 309 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Fisher v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 673 1840 0 Unlawfully employing a free person of color General Ct. of VA
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Marshall 21 Tenn. 116 1840 0 Tennessee
Coleman v. Pinkard 21 Tenn. 185 1840 0 Tennessee
Foote v. Burnet 10 Ohio 317 1840 1 Ohio
Loomis v. Bedel 11 N.H. 74 1840 1 New Hampshire