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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Babin v. Nolan 6 La. Ann. 295 1851 0 Successions, marital property, partition Louisiana
Crow v. State 18 Ala. 541 1851 0 Indictment for various crimes by enslaved person Alabama
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi
Hopper v. Steele 18 Ala. 828 1851 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Buddy v. Vanleer 6 La. Ann. 34 1851 0 Torts, leases, criminal law, negligence Louisiana
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, false confessions Louisiana
Rhinehart v. Doswell 6 La. Ann. 766 1851 0 Sales, prescription, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Courtney v. Davidson 6 La. Ann. 453 1851 0 Property, sales, marital property, suretyship, privileges Louisiana
Tucker v. Musselman 6 La. Ann. 226 1851 0 Property, sequestration, petitory action Louisiana
Wooten v. Becton 43 N.C. 66 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Vinot v. Bertrand 6 La. Ann. 474 1851 0 Employment law, leases Louisiana
Vernon v. Vernon's Heirs 6 La. Ann. 242 1851 0 Wills, inheritence, legitimacy, successions Louisiana
Jure v. Balletin 6 La. Ann. 394 1851 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Carmouche v. Bouis 6 La. Ann. 95 1851 0 Murder, property, self defense, trespass, larceny Louisiana
Desha v. Jones 6 La. Ann. 743 1851 0 Judicial seizure, sales Louisiana
State v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 449 1851 0 Criminal law, larceny Louisiana
Tabb's Adm'r v. Archer's Adm'r 48 Va. 408 1851 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee