Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nicks' Heirs v. Rector 4 Ark. 251 1842 1 Arkansas
Moody v. Fry 22 Tenn. 567 1842 0 Tennessee
Cullum v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama 4 Ala. 21 1842 1 Alabama
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
Medley v. Pannill's Adm'r 40 Va. 63 1842 1 Virginia
Rodriguez v. Dubertrand 1 Rob. 535 1842 1 Louisiana
Dillard v. Dillard 22 Tenn. 41 1842 0 Tennessee
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Recovery of an Enslaved Girl who was Mistakenly Sold Alabama
Kingsbury v. Smith 13 N.H. 109 1842 1 New Hampshire
Malone's Adm'r v. Hobbs 40 Va. 347 1842 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
United States v. Murphy 41 U.S. 203 1842 1 United States
Sumner v. Gray 4 Ark. 467 1842 0 Title dispute Arkansas
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
Cummins v. Webb 4 Ark. 229 1842 0 Property dipsute Arkansas
Jacob v. State 22 Tenn. 493 1842 0 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
James River & Kanawha Co. v. Anderson 39 Va. 278 1841 1 Virginia
Hestres v. Petrovic 1 Rob. 119 1841 1 Louisiana
Municipality No. 2 v. Orleans Cotton Press 18 La. 122 1841 1 Louisiana
Wheatley's Heirs v. Calhoun 39 Va. 264 1841 1 Virginia