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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stewart v. City of New Orleans 9 La. Ann. 461 1854 0 Police brutality, property, murder of enslaved person, municipal liability Louisiana
Smith v. Nettles 9 La. Ann. 455 1854 0 Probate, sales, mortgages, obligations, contracts Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Philippi 9 La. Ann. 44 1854 0 Taxes, property, ordinance, municipal code Louisiana
Parham v. Cobb 9 La. Ann. 423 1854 0 Estates, property, dissolution, suretyship Louisiana
Bass v. Chambliss 9 La. Ann. 376 1854 0 Estates, promissory notes, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Jarvis 9 La. Ann. 370 1854 1 Louisiana
Lusk v. Swon 9 La. Ann. 367 1854 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, emancipation, sales Louisiana
Succession of Regan 9 La. Ann. 364 1854 0 Prescription, successions, property, contract, capacity Louisiana
Wilcox v. Henderson 9 La. Ann. 347 1854 0 Unpaid wages, property, promissory notes Louisiana
President of the Bank of Louisiana v. Ford 9 La. Ann. 299 1854 0 Judicial sale, property, mortgages Louisiana
Dufief v. Boykin 9 La. Ann. 295 1854 0 Sales, property, judicial seizure, mortgages, possessory rights, eviction Louisiana
Armorer v. Case 9 La. Ann. 288 1854 0 Promissory notes, estates, property, sales, conflict of laws, partition Louisiana
Very v. Very 9 La. Ann. 283 1854 0 Marital property, debts, bankruptcy Louisiana
Robertson v. Davis 9 La. Ann. 268 1854 0 Marital property, partition, debts, divorce Louisiana
Succession of Boone 9 La. Ann. 258 1854 0 Sales, property, partition, forced heirs Louisiana
Taylor v. Paterson 9 La. Ann. 251 1854 0 Unpaid wages, property, torts Louisiana
Duchamp v. Dantilly 9 La. Ann. 247 1854 0 Subrogation, property, mortgages Louisiana
Stephens v. Graves 9 La. Ann. 239 1854 0 Curatorship, sales,redhibition, property, contracts, vices Louisiana
Thorn v. Tyson 9 La. Ann. 231 1854 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Pattison v. His Creditors 9 La. Ann. 228 1854 1 Louisiana