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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Montegut v. Dauphin 1 Mart. (n.s.) 258 1823 0 Sequestration, wages Louisiana
Wells v. Hunter 5 Mart. (n.s.) 119 1826 0 Injunction, property, sales, successions, res judicata, contracts Louisiana
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Potter v. Richardson 1 Mart. (n.s.) 276 1823 0 Sales, mortgages, seizure, damages, eviction, bonds, property, injunction Louisiana
Jackson v. Williams 12 Mart. (o.s.) 334 1822 0 Seizure, sales, petitory actions, successions, mortgages, property, debts, community property, hypothecary action Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 5 Mart. (n.s.) 145 1826 0 Wages, petitory action Louisiana
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Illinois
Surgat v. Potter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 365 1822 0 Sales, agency, mandates Louisiana
Palfrey's Syndic v. Francois 8 Mart. (n.s.) 260 1829 0 Sales, fraud, privileges, property, consideration, prescription, debts Louisiana
Beard v. Poydras 4 Mart. (o.s.) 348 1816 0 Property, wills, capacity, witness testimony, emancipation, parol evidence, intestacy, sales Louisiana
James v. Scott 9 Ala. 579 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Coward v. Thompson 44 Tenn. 442 1867 0 Tennessee
Dean ex rel. Vineyard v. Smith 12 Mart. (o.s.) 316 1822 0 Promissory notes, property, abatement, redhibition Louisiana
Cleland v. Low 32 Ga. 458 1861 0 Contract dispute over slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Vernot v. Yocum 3 Mart. (o.s.) 406 1814 0 Sales, witness testimony, evidence, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 5 Mart. (n.s.) 162 1826 0 Wages, sales Louisiana
Wyche v. Wyche 10 Mart. (o.s.) 408 1821 0 Community property, property, sales, successions, damages Louisiana
Lafariere v. Sanglair 12 Mart. (o.s.) 399 1822 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, promissory notes, parol evidence Louisiana
Lange v. Richoux 6 La. 560 1834 0 Successions, property, capacity, sales, emancipation, legitimacy Louisiana