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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Bird v. Vail 9 La. Ann. 176 1854 0 Emancipation, successions, wills Louisiana
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 8 La. Ann. 460 1853 0 Emancipation, wills Louisiana
Succession of Cresswell 8 La. Ann. 122 1853 0 Emancipation, wills, property Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Young v. Egan 10 La. Ann. 415 1855 0 Emancipation, wills, trusts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 11 La. Ann. 424 1856 0 Emancipcation, wills, character evidence Louisiana
Mahorner v. Hooe 17 Miss. 247 1848 0 Empanicapation of slaves by will dispute Mississippi
Gusty v. Diggs 2 D.C. 210 1820 0 Employment United States
Hollingsworth v. Tanner 44 Ga. 11 1871 0 Employment and payment for liability Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Dwyer v. Cane 6 La. Ann. 707 1851 0 Employment law Louisiana
Hendricks v. Phillips 3 La. Ann. 618 1848 0 Employment law, damages, arbitratrion, statutory interpretation, property, torts Louisiana
Rose v. Mathews 10 Rob. 79 1845 0 Employment law, fraud, reconventional demand Louisiana
Vinot v. Bertrand 6 La. Ann. 474 1851 0 Employment law, leases Louisiana
Morancy v. Police Jury of Madison 10 La. Ann. 222 1855 0 Employment law, prescription, debts Louisiana
Nachtrib v. Prague 6 La. Ann. 759 1851 0 Employment law, prescription, partnerships Louisiana
State v. Hackett 5 La. 91 1850 0 Employment, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Graham v. Maguire 39 Ga. 531 1869 0 Endorsement of promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Hancock v. Tucker 8 Fla. 435 1859 0 Enforcement for a Sale Supreme Court of FL