Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
Martin v. Martin 39 Va. 495 1842 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Price v. Sharp 24 N.C. 417 1842 1 North Carolina
Ashby v. Smith 40 Va. 56 1842 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Cullum v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 4 Ala. 21 1842 1 Alabama
Armstrong v. Huntons 40 Va. 324 1842 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Garrett Ex'or v. Carr 40 Va. 196 1842 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jordan v. Garnett 3 Ala. 610 1842 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Campbell v. Briggs 3 Rob. 110 1842 1 Louisiana
Brewster v. McCall's devisees 15 Conn. 274 1842 1 Connecticut
Lyon v. Leavitt 3 Ala. 430 1842 1 Alabama
Lane v. Levillian 4 Ark. 76 1842 1 Arkansas
Jewell v. Jewell 1 Rob. 316 1842 1 Louisiana
Rives v. Pettit 4 Ark. 582 1842 1 Arkansas
Rice v. Richardson 3 Ala. 428 1842 0 Action of error on the purhcase of enslaved person Alabama
Dwight v. Linton 3 Rob. 57 1842 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Ellen v. Arrington 25 N.C. 99 1842 1 North Carolina
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Murder trial Delaware
Gupton v. McCawley 22 Tenn. 468 1842 0 Tennessee
Chandler v. Woodward 3 Del. 428 1842 1 Delaware