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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gunn v. Mason 2 Sneed 637 1855 0 Tennessee
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Challenged Ownership of Enslaved Persons Alabama
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Richard v. Ouviere 10 La. Ann. 723 1855 0 Mortgages, simulation, Trusts, successions Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Emancipation, wills, trusts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Wallis v. Robertson 10 La. Ann. 215 1855 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, estates Louisiana
State v. Dick 10 La. Ann. 461 1855 0 Criminal law, assault, sentencing, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Robertson v. Wallis 10 La. Ann. 214 1855 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Gentile v. Plasencia 10 La. Ann. 203 1855 0 Wills, emancipation, nullity Louisiana
Harden v. Mangham 18 Ga. 563 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
White v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 189 1855 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Virginia v. Himel 10 La. Ann. 185 1855 0 Emancipation, privileges, mortgages, Louisiana
Lebeau v. Trudeau 10 La. Ann. 164 1855 0 Wills, emancipation, property Louisiana
Moran v. Davis 18 Ga. 722 1855 0 Recover of value lost after slave drowned Supreme Court of Georgia
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Lobdell 10 La. Ann. 130 1855 0 Loans, debts, judicial seizure Louisiana
Matthis v. Matthis 48 N.C. 132 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Pilkington v. Cotten 55 N.C. 238 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Grimes v. Hoyt 55 N.C. 271 1855 0 Contracts North Carolina