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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Fortier v. Slidell 7 La. 398 1844 0 Sales, property, seizure, mortgages, community property Louisiana
Pitts v. Lewis 7 La. Ann. 552 1852 0 Sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Marsh v. Briant 9 Rob. 7 1844 0 Injunction, seizure, taxes, property Louisiana
Fazende v. Hagan 9 Rob. 306 1844 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person, recission Louisiana
Carmelite v. Lacaze 7 La. Ann. 629 1852 0 Emancipation, sales, contracts Louisiana
State v. Judge of the District Court of the Fourth District 9 Rob. 480 1845 0 Partition, property, community property, successions, injunction, mandamus Louisiana
Williams v. Bank of Louisiana 7 La. 316 1844 0 Mortgages, damages, property, sales, successions, privileges Louisiana
McMichael v. Davidson 7 La. 53 1844 0 Sales, debts, property Louisiana
Bludworth v. Hunter 9 Rob. 256 1844 0 Privileges, promissory notes, mortgages, seizure, sales, property, damages Louisiana
Boyers v. Vinson 9 Rob. 518 1845 0 Sales, donations, simulation, fraud, successions, prescription Louisiana
Wright v. Trustees of the Bank 7 La. Ann. 123 1852 0 Trusts, Sales, property, mortgages, prescription, privileges Louisiana
Jenkins v. Felton 9 Rob. 200 1844 0 Property, seizure, sales, mortgages, subrogation, fraud Louisiana
Davis v. Thompson 9 Rob. 198 1844 0 Successions, property, community property Louisiana
Fanchonette v. Grange 9 Rob. 86 1844 0 Damages, seizure, property, successions, freedom suit, emancipation Louisiana
Lewis v. Gibson 9 Rob. 146 1844 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony Louisiana
Leverich v. Citizens' Bank 7 La. Ann. 290 1852 0 Judicial seizure, property, mortgages Louisiana
Grover v. Clarke 7 La. Ann. 174 1852 0 Partnerships, property, wills, partition, marital property Louisiana
Adams ex rel. United States v. Avery 9 Rob. 431 1845 0 Promissory notes, seizure, sales, property, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Smith v. Delahoussaye 9 Rob. 50 1844 0 Privileges, eviction, damages, privileges Louisiana
Pepper v. Dunlap 9 Rob. 283 1844 0 Property, seizure, sales, subrogation, privileges, successions, mortgages Louisiana