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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Pierce v. Turner 1 D.C. 433 1807 0 Judgement error United States
Russell v. Shute 25 Ark. 469 1869 0 Judgement for debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Thomas v. Phillips 12 Miss. 358 1845 0 Judgement for recovery of property Mississippi
Harwell v. Fitts 20 Ga. 723 1856 0 judgement for slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
McLain v. Taylor 9 Ark. 358 1849 0 Judgement of forfeiture bond Arkansas
Cummins v. Rice 19 Tex. 225 1857 0 Judgement recovery dispute Texas
Howe v. McDermott 4 D.C. 711 1836 0 Judgements United States
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Keaton v. Banks 32 N.C. 381 1849 0 Judgments North Carolina
John R. Marshall & Co. v. Simpson 13 La. Ann. 437 1858 0 Judgment, securities Louisiana
Bosley v. Bruner 24 Miss. 457 1852 0 Judgment without notice Mississippi
Decuir v. Lejeune 15 La. Ann. 216 1860 0 Judicial lien, Louisiana
Toledano v. Relf 7 La. Ann. 60 1852 0 Judicial mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Adle v. Anty 5 La. 631 1850 0 Judicial mortgages, property, hypothecary action, prescription, preemption, contracts, incapacity Louisiana
Opinion of Judges Appleton and Kent 46 Me. 579 1861 0 Judicial opinion on fugitive slave laws SC of Maine
Sittig v. Morgan 5 La. 574 1850 0 Judicial sale, mortgages, privileges, property Louisiana
President of the Bank of Louisiana v. Ford 9 La. Ann. 299 1854 0 Judicial sale, property, mortgages Louisiana
Gillespie v. Cammack 3 La. Ann. 248 1848 0 Judicial sales, property, recordation, promissory notes, mortgages, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Tunnard v. Hill 10 La. Ann. 247 1855 0 Judicial seizure and sale, property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana