Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cotten v. Powell 5 N.C. 431 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Buster v. Ruffner 19 Va. 27 1816 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Administrator of Allen v. Peden 5 N.C. 638 1816 0 Constitutional Law North Carolina
Dyer v. Rich 5 N.C. 610 1816 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Jordan v. Jordan's Ex'or 5 N.C. 409 1816 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Nichols v. Palmer 5 N.C. 436 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Scott v. Gibbon 19 Va. 86 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Littlejohn v. Underhill's Executor 5 N.C. 574 1816 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Butler v. Haskell 4 S.C. Eq. 651 1816 0 South Carolina
Casey v. Fonville 5 N.C. 404 1816 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
United States v. Pickering 2 D.C. 117 1816 0 Dealing a slave without consent of master (basically theft) United States
In re Stepen 1 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 323 1816 0 New York
Allen v. Gentry 5 N.C. 609 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
West v. Dubberly 4 N.C. 38 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Drew's Ex'rs v. Drew 5 N.C. 437 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dunwoodie's Ex'ors v. Carrington 5 N.C. 469 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Smock v. Warford 4 N.J.L. 306 1816 Recovery of debt New Jersey
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 13 Mass. 302 1816 0 Petition for review Massachusetts
Moore v. Rider 2 Del. Cas. 324 1817 0 Estate issue of the continuation of passing on enslaved individuals from 20 years ago Delaware
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware