Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 Writ of habeus corpus SC of Appeals VA
Burton v. Smith 38 U.S. 464 1839 1 United States
Trustees of McIntire Poor School v. Zanesville Canal & Manufacturing Co. 9 Ohio 203 1839 1 Ohio
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Rogers v. Saunders 16 Me. 92 1839 1 Maine
State v. Hoover 20 N.C. 365 1839 0 Homicide North Carolina
Worth v. Curtis 15 Me. 228 1839 1 Maine
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Haxall's Ex'ors v. Shippen 37 Va. 536 1839 1 Virginia
Tazewell v. McCandlish 37 Va. 116 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Weaver v. Carter 37 Va. 37 1839 1 Virginia
Laidley v. Merrifield 34 Va. 346 1839 1 Virginia
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Failure to deliver slave District Court, E.D. PA.
Taylor v. Cooper 37 Va. 317 1839 1 Virginia
Ware v. Stephenson 37 Va. 155 1839 1 Virginia
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Wooldridge v. Wilkins 4 Miss. 360 1839 1 Mississippi
Graysons v. Richards 37 Va. 57 1839 1 Virginia
Thomas v. Mackall 23 F. Cas. 961 1839 1 United States
Forbes & Freeman v. Davison 11 Vt. 660 1839 1 Vermont