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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
Dupre v. Uzee 6 La. Ann. 280 1851 0 Sales, property, donations, successions, simulation Louisiana
Babin v. Nolan 6 La. Ann. 295 1851 0 Successions, marital property, partition Louisiana
Buddy v. Vanleer 6 La. Ann. 34 1851 0 Torts, leases, criminal law, negligence Louisiana
Rogers v. Chandler 6 La. Ann. 349 1851 0 Sales, promissory notes, privileges, mortgages, sequestration, recordation of mortgages Louisiana
Rhodes v. Hooper 6 La. Ann. 355 1851 0 Wills, property, sales, mortgages Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana
Jure v. Balletin 6 La. Ann. 394 1851 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Lombard v. Jacobs 6 La. Ann. 396 1851 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
State v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 449 1851 0 Criminal law, larceny Louisiana
Courtney v. Davidson 6 La. Ann. 453 1851 0 Property, sales, marital property, suretyship, privileges Louisiana
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Vinot v. Bertrand 6 La. Ann. 474 1851 0 Employment law, leases Louisiana
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Conversion, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, false confessions Louisiana
Birdsale v. Lakey 6 La. Ann. 646 1851 0 Successions, sales, simulation Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Emswiler v. Burham 6 La. Ann. 710 1851 0 Simulation, conversion, sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Hanna v. Pritchard 6 La. Ann. 730 1851 0 Donations, marital property, sales Louisiana