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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hencken v. United States Life Insurance 11 Daly (N.Y.) 282 1882 1 New York
Carpenter v. Cook 128 Cal. 1 1900 1 California
Hessmer v. Edenborn 196 La. 575 1940 1 Louisiana
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Johnson 144 La. 735 1919 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Pierre v. Jones 200 La. 808 1942 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Pierre v. Jones 9 So. 2d 42 1942 1 Louisiana
State v. Burks 202 La. 167 1942 1 Louisiana
State v. Burks 11 So. 2d 518 1942 1 Louisiana
Sneed v. People 38 Mich. 248 1878 1 Michigan
Walton v. State 71 Ark. 398 1903 1 Arkansas
State v. Breaux 122 La. 514 1908 1 Louisiana
State v. Rose 125 La. 1080 1910 1 Louisiana
State v. Quinn 136 La. 435 1915 1 Louisiana
State v. Thibodeaux 136 La. 935 1915 1 Louisiana
State v. Schwartz 137 La. 277 1915 1 Louisiana
State v. Quinn 214 La. 368 1948 1 Louisiana
State v. Quinn 37 So. 2d 821 1948 1 Louisiana
Benton v. Jacobs 3 La. App. 274 1923 1 Louisiana
Posner v. Little Pine Lumber Co. 157 La. 73 1924 1 Louisiana