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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Clay v. Ballard 9 Rob. 308 1844 0 Agency, obligations, contracts, simulation, conflict of laws, consideration, res judicata Louisiana
Oliver v. Oliver 6 Rob. 36 1843 0 Community property, property, fraud, mortgages, privileges, sales, partition, successions Louisiana
Testamentary Executor of Lewis v. Casenave 6 La. 437 1834 0 Successions, sales, property, delivery, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Gardiner v. Cross 6 Rob. 454 1844 0 Assault, battery, torts Louisiana
Winter v. Zacharie 6 Rob. 466 1844 0 Sales, property, petitory action, damages Louisiana
Buard v. De Russy 6 Rob. 111 1843 0 Property, seizure, partnerships, contracts, community property, promissory notes, sales, damages Louisiana
Broussard v. Bernard 7 La. 211 1834 0 Community property, property, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
Rachal v. Normand 6 Rob. 88 1843 0 Promissory notes, contracts, property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana
White v. Guyot 6 Rob. 443 1844 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Ball v. Bender 22 La. Ann. 493 1870 0 Dispute over sale of cotton Louisiana
Allen v. Tarlton 22 La. Ann. 427 1870 0 Property, secured transactions Louisiana
Prentice v. Chewning 6 Rob. 163 1843 0 Fieri facias, bonds, property, sales, contracts Louisiana
Brou v. Becnel 22 La. Ann. 189 1870 0 Contracts, property Louisiana
McCollom v. McCollom 6 Rob. 506 1844 0 Property, sales, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Thompson v. Simmons 22 La. Ann. 450 1870 0 Wills/Property Louisiana
Cassidy v. His Creditors 6 Rob. 303 1843 0 Syndic, sales, mortgages, privileges, successions Louisiana
Forsyth v. Wilkinson 5 Rob. 263 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Mathews v. Boland 5 Rob. 200 1843 0 Freedom suit, fraud, witness testimony, contracts Louisiana
Harrison v. Faulk 6 La. 80 1833 0 Sales, property, contracts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Hebert v. Chastant 22 La. Ann. 152 1870 0 Contracts, property, secured transactions Louisiana