Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Recovery of an Enslaved Girl who was Mistakenly Sold Alabama
Medley v. Pannill's Adm'r 40 Va. 63 1842 1 Virginia
Nicks' Heirs v. Rector 4 Ark. 251 1842 1 Arkansas
Brewster v. McCall's devisees 15 Conn. 274 1842 1 Connecticut
United States v. Murphy 41 U.S. 203 1842 1 United States
Chandler v. Woodward 3 Del. 428 1842 1 Delaware
Miller v. Moore 22 Tenn. 189 1842 1 Tennessee
Kingsbury v. Smith 13 N.H. 109 1842 1 New Hampshire
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund v. Walker 7 Miss. 143 1842 1 Mississippi
Goode v. Mayson's Administrators 7 Miss. 543 1842 1 Mississippi
Rivas v. Hunstock 2 Rob. 187 1842 1 Louisiana
Manadue v. Kitchen 3 Rob. 261 1842 1 Louisiana
Walton v. Louisiana State Marine & Fire Insurance 2 Rob. 563 1842 1 Louisiana
Dorsey v. Merritt 7 Miss. 390 1842 1 Mississippi
Lyon v. Leavitt 3 Ala. 430 1842 1 Alabama
Overseers of Poor of Perth Amboy v. Overseers of Poor of Piscataway 19 N.J.L. 173 1842 Recovery for support of pauper New Jersey
Boren v. Chisholm 3 Ala. 513 1842 1 Alabama
Stephens v. Doak 37 N.C. 348 1842 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Canaday v. Nuttall 37 N.C. 265 1842 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Adams v. Hayes 24 N.C. 361 1842 0 Action of trover North Carolina