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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 10 Mart. (o.s.) 25 1821 0 Wills, capacity, emancipation, newly discovered evidence, parol evidence, successions Louisiana
Livingston v. Heerman 9 Mart. (o.s.) 656 1821 0 Libel, water law, reparations, defamation, property, sales, riparian rights Louisiana
Foster v. Cook 8 N.C. 509 1821 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Gregory v. Hooker's adm'r 8 N.C. 394 1821 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Goode 8 N.C. 463 1821 0 Larceny North Carolina
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Chiapella v. Lanusse's Syndics 10 Mart. (o.s.) 448 1821 0 Sales, property, mortgages, syndics, privileges, bankruptcy Louisiana
Miltenberger v. Canon 10 Mart. (o.s.) 85 1821 0 Sales, breach, promissory notes, title Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 308 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, indemnification Louisiana
Bayon v. Vavasseur 10 Mart. (o.s.) 61 1821 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, fraud, witness testimony Louisiana
Leonard's Tutor v. Mandeville 9 Mart. (o.s.) 489 1821 0 Successions, property, sales Louisiana
State v. M'Dowell 8 N.C. 449 1821 0 Trespass North Carolina
Peabody v. Carrol 9 Mart. (o.s.) 295 1821 0 Seizure, property, sales, delivery, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Wyche v. Wyche 10 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1821 0 Community property, property, sales, successions, damages Louisiana
State v. Poll 8 N.C. 442 1821 0 Murder North Carolina
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 398 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission, indeminification Louisiana
Smith v. Smith 10 Mart. (o.s.) 400 1821 0 Wages, leases, sales Louisiana
Edwards v. Massey 8 N.C. 359 1821 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Julien v. Langlish 9 Mart. (o.s.) 205 1821 0 Successions, freedom suit, emancipation, property, witness testimony Louisiana