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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Barkeloo v. Randall 4 Blackf. 476 1838 1 Indiana
Whitehead v. Middleton 3 Miss. 692 1838 1 Mississippi
Mowatt v. Carow 7 Paige Ch. 328 1838 1 New York
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Regents of the University of Maryland v. Williams 9 G. & J. 365 1838 1 Maryland
Pearson v. Taylor 20 N.C. 60 1838 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Caplinger v. Stokes 19 Tenn. 175 1838 0 Tennessee
Camp v. Bates 13 Conn. 1 1838 1 Connecticut
Insurance Co. v. Smith 3 Whart. 520 1838 1 Pennsylvania
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Property, damages, successions, sales, adverse possession Louisiana
Reynolds' Tutor v. Reynolds' Administrator 12 La. 617 1838 0 Successions, property, promissory notes, tutorship, capacity, service Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 1838 0 Property, successions, contracts, petitory action, community property Louisiana
Cuny v. Robert 12 La. 474 1838 0 Sales, petitory action, warranty, promissory notes Louisiana
Van Winckle v. Flecheaux 12 La. 148 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, sequestration, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Gorton v. Gorton's Executor 12 La. 476 1838 0 Injunction, seizure, sales, mortgages, successions, property, promissory notes, suretyship Louisiana
White v. M'Quillan 12 La. 530 1838 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, peremptory exception, debts, prescription, property Louisiana