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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Whaley v. Blackwell 20 Mo. 97 1854 1 Missouri
Nixon's Heirs v. Cargo's Heirs 28 Miss. 414 1854 1 Mississippi
Doe on the Demise of Gilmer v. Earnhardt 46 N.C. 559 1854 1 North Carolina
Prestige v. Pendleton 28 Miss. 379 1854 1 Mississippi
Pugh v. Holt 27 Miss. 461 1854 1 Mississippi
Baker v. Hollobaugh 15 Ark. 322 1854 1 Arkansas
Scott v. Key 9 La. Ann. 213 1854 0 Estates, property, sales Louisiana
Anty v. Adle 9 La. Ann. 490 1854 0 Judicial seizure, marital property, prescription, negligence Louisiana
Gallian v. Cox 9 La. Ann. 500 1854 0 Estates, curatorship, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 510 1854 0 Sales, marital property, conflict of laws, fraud Louisiana
State v. Martinez 9 La. Ann. 530 1854 0 Criminal law, sale of liquor to enslaved person Louisiana
Augusta Insurance v. Packwood 9 La. Ann. 74 1854 0 Insolvency, debts, property, mortgages, res judicata Louisiana
Eulalie v. Long 9 La. Ann. 9 1854 0 Kidnapping, emancipation Louisiana
Thompson v. Womack 9 La. Ann. 555 1854 0 Successions, partition, property, marriage, donations Louisiana
Succession of Gassen v. Palfrey 9 La. Ann. 560 1854 0 Successions, minor heirs, property, sales, fraud Louisiana
De Young v. De Young 9 La. Ann. 545 1854 0 Marital property, debts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Weight v. Henderson 12 Tex. 43 1854 0 Trial for the right of property Texas
Thompson v. Thompson 12 Tex. 327 1854 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Pepper v. Dunlap 9 La. Ann. 137 1854 0 Sales, judicial seizure, property, prescription, eviction Louisiana
Bird v. Vail 9 La. Ann. 176 1854 0 Emancipation, successions, wills Louisiana