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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Livingston v. Heerman 9 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1821 0 Libel, water law, reparations, defamation, property, sales, riparian rights Louisiana
Mitchell v. Armitage 10 Mart. (o.s.) 38 1821 0 Negligence, labor, recission, witness testimony, evidence Louisiana
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
St. Avid v. Weimprender's Syndics 9 Mart. (o.s.) 648 1821 0 Privileges, property, intervenor, syndics, seizure, sales, witness testimony Louisiana
St. Romes v. Pore 10 Mart. (o.s.) 30 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, contracts, warranty, witness testimony Louisiana
Terrel's Heirs vs. Cropper 9 Mart. (o.s.) 350 1821 0 Sales, successions, fraud, privileges Louisiana
Leonard's Tutor v. Mandeville 9 Mart. (o.s.) 489 1821 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
Broh v. Jenkins 9 Mart. (o.s.) 526 1821 0 Successions, sales, prescription, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
Smith v. Smith 10 Mart. (o.s.) 400 1821 0 Wages, leases, sales Louisiana
Didlake v. Hooper 21 Va. 194 1821 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Wyche v. Wyche 10 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1821 0 Community property, property, sales, successions, damages Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 398 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission, indeminification Louisiana
Julien v. Langlish 9 Mart. (o.s.) 205 1821 0 Successions, freedom suit, emancipation, property, witness testimony Louisiana
Taylor v. Sorsby 1 Miss. 97 1821 0 Action for stealing slaves Mississippi
Dussuau v. Rilieux 9 Mart. (o.s.) 318 1821 0 Suretyship, damages, seizure, property, sales, debts Louisiana
United States v. Pompey 2 D.C. 246 1821 0 Indictments United States
State v. Poll 8 N.C. 442 1821 0 Murder North Carolina