Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Read 20 Tenn. 335 1839 1 Tennessee
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lupton v. Janney 38 U.S. 381 1839 1 United States
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Van Rensselaer v. Akin 22 Wend. 549 1839 1 New York
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