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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Puckett v. Clarke 3 Rob. 81 1842 0 Petitory action, fraud, successions, conflict of laws, community property Louisiana
Noble v. Nettles 3 Rob. 152 1842 0 Seizure, sales, property, bonds, successions Louisiana
Elmore v. Ventress 24 La. Ann. 382 1872 0 Estate Louisiana
Wells v. McMaster 5 Rob. 154 1843 0 Petitory action, damages Louisiana
Lafitte v. Daigre 24 La. Ann. 123 1872 0 Property Louisiana
Templeman v. Pegues 24 La. Ann. 537 1872 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, successions, prescription, property, obligations, sales Louisiana
Scott v. Bowles 3 La. Ann. 637 1848 0 Petitory action, successions, property Louisiana
Palmer v. Moore 3 La. Ann. 208 1848 0 Warranty, damages, bankruptcy, obligations Louisiana
Kellar v. Fink 3 La. Ann. 17 1848 0 Sales, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hendricks v. Phillips 3 La. Ann. 618 1848 0 Employment law, damages, arbitratrion, statutory interpretation, property, torts Louisiana
Succession of Williamson 3 La. Ann. 261 1848 0 Successions, administrator, domicile, property Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
Glenn v. Elam 3 La. Ann. 611 1848 0 Partitions, marital property, mortgages, sales Louisiana
Heirs of Brown v. Jacobs 24 La. Ann. 526 1872 0 Heirs Louisiana
Gillespie v. Cammack 3 La. Ann. 248 1848 0 Judicial sales, property, recordation, promissory notes, mortgages, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Valega v. Broussard 3 La. Ann. 145 1848 0 Sales, recission, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Offutt v. Hendsley 9 La. 1 1835 0 Seizure, sales, mortgages, injunction, successions, suretyship, privileges, prescription Louisiana