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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jacob v. Ursuline Nuns 2 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1812 0 Emancipation, donations, contracts, corporations, property, subpoena duces tecum, evidence, wills Louisiana
Flotte v. Aubert 2 Mart. (o.s.) 329 1812 0 Petitory action, sales, property, covenants, warranty, damages Louisiana
Orleans Navigation Co. v. Mayor of New-Orleans 2 Mart. (o.s.) 214 1812 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Sales, property, community property, renunciation, contracts, conflict of laws, Louisiana
State v. Cecil 2 Mart. (o.s.) 208 1812 0 Witness testimony, emancipation, conflict of laws, evidence Louisiana
Poutz v. Duplantier 2 Mart. (o.s.) 331 1812 0 Promissory notes, sales, property, seizure, debts, fieri facias, privileges, mortgages, suretyship Louisiana
Delahaye v. Pellerin 2 Mart. (o.s.) 142 1812 0 Damages, petitory action, res judicata Louisiana
Duplantier v. St. Pe' 3 Mart. (o.s.) 127 1813 0 Partnerships, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, property, arbitration, seizure, contracts, partition, evidence, debts Louisiana
Pizerot v. Meuillon's Heirs 3 Mart. (o.s.) 97 1813 0 Successions, community property, renunciation, wills, property, contracts, sales, indemnification, debts, usufruct, partnerships Louisiana
Le Breton v. Nouchet 3 Mart. (o.s.) 60 1813 0 Successions, wills, property, community property, intestacy, mortgages, debts, contracts, evidence, conflict of laws Louisiana
Cassou v. Blanque 3 Mart. (o.s.) 390 1814 0 Community property, sales, property, lien, seizure, restitution, mortgages Louisiana
St. Maxent's Syndic v. Sigur 3 Mart. (o.s.) 371 1814 0 Sales, property, successions, syndic, debts, privileges, res judicata Louisiana
Mayor of N.-Orleans v. Metzinger 3 Mart. (o.s.) 296 1814 1 Louisiana
Meunier v. Duperron 3 Mart. (o.s.) 285 1814 0 Damages, indemnification, trespass, torts, runaway enslaved person, fraud, criminal law Louisiana
Reagan v. Kitchen 3 Mart. (o.s.) 418 1814 0 Suretyship, property, fieri facias, sales, seizure Louisiana
Ogden v. Blackman 3 Mart. (o.s.) 305 1814 0 Injunction, larcentt, criminal law Louisiana
Raper's Heirs v. Yocum 3 Mart. (o.s.) 424 1814 0 Sales, successions, evidence, property, parol evidence, contracts, Louisiana
Morgan's Ad'r. v. Woorhies 3 Mart. (o.s.) 462 1814 0 Fieri facias, property, bonds, debts, privileges, obligations, liability Louisiana
Vernot v. Yocum 3 Mart. (o.s.) 406 1814 0 Sales, witness testimony, evidence, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Syndics of Ellinghaus v. Gravier 3 Mart. (o.s.) 385 1814 0 Partnerships, privileges, syndic, property, sales, fraud Louisiana