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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Turner v. Smith 12 La. Ann. 417 1857 0 Emancipation, will Louisiana
Brander v. Bobo 12 La. Ann. 616 1857 0 Property, Sales, seizure Louisiana
McGowan v. Laughlan 12 La. Ann. 242 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, prescription Louisiana
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Sales, emancipation, property Louisiana
Phipps v. Berger 12 La. Ann. 111 1857 0 Promissory notes, redhibition, recission of sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Chevalier v. Whatley 12 La. Ann. 651 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, consideration, capacity, fraud Louisiana
Williams v. Talbot 12 La. Ann. 407 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person, damages Louisiana
Rost v. Heirs of Doyal 15 La. Ann. 265 1860 0 Wills, testament freeing enslaved persons Louisiana
Succession of Taylor v. Taylor 15 La. Ann. 313 1860 0 Wills, Marriages of enslaved persons Louisiana
Crawford v. Graves 15 La. Ann. 243 1860 0 Wills, Possessory actions Louisiana
Johnson v. Alden 15 La. Ann. 505 1860 0 Secured Transactions, Debts, Gifts, Wills, Minor Heirs Louisiana
Heirs of Williams v. Hardy 15 La. Ann. 286 1860 0 Wills Louisiana
Brown v. Brown 15 La. Ann. 169 1860 0 Wills, Sales, recovery of enslaved persons. Louisiana
Foster v. Mish 15 La. Ann. 199 1860 0 Freedom suit Louisiana
State v. Joshua 15 La. Ann. 118 1860 0 Appeals of capital punishment Louisiana
Maille v. Blas 15 La. Ann. 100 1860 0 Criminal law Louisiana
Madry v. Young 3 La. 160 1831 0 Recordation, sales, parol evidence, conflict of laws, delivery, petitory action, contracts Louisiana
Buel v. New-York Steamer 17 La. 541 1841 0 Runaway enslaved person, sequestration, witness testimony, property, sales, parol evidence Louisiana
Thibodeaux v. Thomasson 17 La. 353 1841 0 Property, recission, sales, fraud, simulation, promissory notes, contracts Louisiana
Blanchet v. Hellebrant 4 La. 439 1832 0 Community property, property, privileges, seizure, mortgages, fraud Louisiana