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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Commissioners of the Bank of Orleans v. Hodge 8 Rob. 450 1844 0 Mortgages, seizure, sales, property, sales Louisiana
Saulet v. Trepagnier 11 Rob. 266 1845 0 Suretyship, bonds, successions, privileges, community property, promissory notes, seizure, obligations Louisiana
Petit v. Grandmont 2 Rob. 283 1842 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
Billen v. White 17 La. Ann. 10 1865 0 Recovery of defective slave Louisiana
Andat v. Gilly 12 La. 323 1845 0 Successions, sales, emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Guerin v. Rivarde 8 Rob. 457 1844 0 Community property, marriage, partition, res judicata Louisiana
State v. George 8 Rob. 535 1844 0 Battery, capital punishment, prescription Louisiana
Balot y Ripoll v. Moriña 12 La. 552 1846 0 Successions, property, wills, seizure, sales, mortgages, privileges, legitimacy Louisiana
Waring v. Zunts 16 La. Ann. 49 1861 0 Partition, Property Louisiana
Roquest v. Boutin 14 La. Ann. 44 1859 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Green v. Green 14 La. Ann. 39 1859 0 Heirs, inheritance Louisiana
Jourdain ex rel. Baker v. Boissière 2 Rob. 289 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Bell v. Lacy 16 La. Ann. 51 1861 0 Sale of Slave Louisiana
State v. Moore 8 Rob. 518 1843 0 Murder, black code, manslaughter, criminal law, statutory interpretation, property Louisiana
Brown v. Raby 14 La. Ann. 41 1859 0 Freedom suit, emancipation Louisiana
State v. Bill 8 Rob. 527 1844 0 Criminal law, rape, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Noland v. Bemiss 14 La. Ann. 49 1859 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes Louisiana
Babin v. Nolan 4 Rob. 278 1843 0 Sales, community property, divorce, successions, partition Louisiana
Mercier v. Canonge 12 La. 385 1846 0 Successions, privileges, liquidation, community property, sales, tutorship Louisiana
State v. Lennon 8 Rob. 543 1844 0 Criminal law, perjury, evidence Louisiana