Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rohr v. Davis 36 Va. 22 1837 1 Virginia
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Russell v. Keeran 35 Va. 9 1837 1 Virginia
Vick v. Mayor of Vicksburg 2 Miss. 379 1837 1 Mississippi
Town of New-Haven v. Town of Newtown 12 Conn. 165 1837 1 Connecticut
M'Clung v. Hughes 26 Va. 453 1837 1 Virginia
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Hobbs v. Fogg 6 Watts 553 1837 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Driver v. Fortner 5 Port. 9 1837 0 Dispute over Execution of a Deed of Trust Alabama
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Negligent Care of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Perkins v. Mayfield 5 Port. 182 1837 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Pocock v. Hendricks 8 G. & J. 421 1837 0 Maryland
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Lane v. Dickerson 18 Tenn. 373 1837 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee