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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Handy v. Parkison 10 La. 92 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, privileges, damages, usufruct Louisiana
State ex rel. Hickman v. Judge of the Third District Court of New Orleans 14 La. Ann. 504 1859 0 Freedom suit, sequestration Louisiana
Groves v. Clark 21 La. Ann. 567 1869 0 Contracts Louisiana
Parnell v. Petrovic 14 La. Ann. 601 1859 0 Divorce, dissolution of community and separate property Louisiana
State v. Adams 14 La. Ann. 620 1859 0 Criminal law, felony Louisiana
Levy v. Gremillion 21 La. Ann. 635 1869 0 Contracts, slave consideration Louisiana
Faulk v. Hough 14 La. Ann. 659 1859 0 Sales, warranties, redhibition Louisiana
State v. Fuller 14 La. Ann. 667 1859 0 Theft, harboring of an enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Davis 14 La. Ann. 678 1859 0 Criminal law, statutory interpretation, assault, property Louisiana
Price v. Ray 14 La. Ann. 697 1859 0 Wills, manumission, heirs Louisiana
Tillman v. Mosely 14 La. Ann. 710 1859 0 Domicile, Contracts, Donations, Inheritence Louisiana
R. C. Cummings & Co. v. Harsabrauch 14 La. Ann. 711 1859 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, consideration Louisiana
State v. Fuller 14 La. Ann. 720 1859 0 Theft, harboring of an enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hardy v. Voorhies 14 La. Ann. 776 1859 0 Murder, Execution Louisiana
Bailly, F. M. C. v. Percy, F. W. C. 14 La. 17 1839 0 Petitory action, property, sales, seizure, prescription, mortgages, syndic, privileges, successions Louisiana
Offutt v. Hendsley 9 La. 1 1835 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, injunction, successions, suretyship, privileges, prescription Louisiana
Gaillard v. Labat 9 La. 17 1835 0 Recission, fraud, redhibition, sales, promissory notes, contracts Louisiana
Ory's Syndics v. David 9 La. 59 1836 0 Syndic, property, debts, sales, redhibition, damages, mortgages, recission Louisiana
Relf & Zacharie v. M'Donogh 19 La. 100 1841 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, property, sales, privileges, seizure, successions, contracts Louisiana
Flower v. Millaudon 19 La. 185 1841 0 Reconventional demand, loans, promissory notes, mortgages, contracts, seizure, sales Louisiana