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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gordon v. Johnston 4 La. 304 1832 0 Seizure, mortgages, injunction, damages, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Baird's Heirs v. Parker 4 La. 263 1832 0 Sales, debts, mortgages Louisiana
Jones v. Wootten 1 Del. 77 1832 0 Determining whether a person was enslaved Delaware
Walter v. Miller 1 Del. 7 1832 0 Act of trover of 4 enslaved individuals Delaware
William H. Davis' Case 1 Del. 17 1832 0 Denial of a petition for freedom Delaware
Delahoussaye v. Delacroix 4 La. 371 1832 0 Hypothecary action, mortgages, property, privileges, sales, discussion, prescription, seizure Louisiana
Skillman v. Purnell 3 La. 494 1832 0 Partnerships, sales, seizure, injunction, debts, fieri facias, property, privileges Louisiana
Spiller's Heirs v. Baumgard 4 La. 206 1832 0 Sales, redhibition, agency, simulation, property, contracts Louisiana
Curtis v. Curtis 4 La. 324 1832 0 Partition, property, intervenor, sequestration, seizure Louisiana
Dufau v. Deflechier's Syndic 3 La. 304 1832 0 Recission, sales, property, mortgages, syndic, privileges Louisiana
Heirs of Fulton v. Administrator of Curtis's Estate 4 La. 515 1832 0 Successions, sales, recission Louisiana
Whitehill v. Wilson 3 Pen. & W. 405 1832 0 Relocation of goods SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Cook 1 Watts 155 1832 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Robinson 1 Watts 158 1832 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
M'Donough v. Zacharie 3 La. 313 1832 0 Sales, property, contracts, mortgages, successions, seizure, hypothecary action, debts Louisiana
Cowand v. Reynolds 3 La. 378 1832 0 Sales, damages, eviction, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, conflict of laws, suretyship, fraud, contracts, manumission Louisiana
Bell v. Bell 4 La. 470 1832 0 Possessory action, evidence Louisiana
Esther v. Buckner 4 D.C. 253 1832 0 Freedom Petition United States
Roquet v. Richardson 3 La. 452 1832 0 Runaway enslaved person, property, damages, compensation, criminal law Louisiana
Newson v. Adams 3 La. 231 1832 0 Community property, damages, successions, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana