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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dufief v. Boykin 9 La. Ann. 295 1854 0 Sales, property, judicial seizure, mortgages, possessory rights, eviction Louisiana
Lusk v. Swon 9 La. Ann. 367 1854 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, emancipation, sales Louisiana
Parham v. Cobb 9 La. Ann. 423 1854 0 Estates, property, dissolution, suretyship Louisiana
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
De Young v. De Young 9 La. Ann. 545 1854 0 Marital property, debts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Pridgen v. Hill 12 Tex. 374 1854 1 Texas
Eulalie v. Long 9 La. Ann. 9 1854 0 Kidnapping, emancipation Louisiana
Succession of Boone 9 La. Ann. 258 1854 0 Sales, property, partition, forced heirs Louisiana
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 506 1854 0 Property, mortgages, judicial seizure, sales, privileges Louisiana
Chevalier v. Hyams 9 La. Ann. 484 1854 0 Sales, employment law, prescription, property Louisiana
In re the Succession of Smith 9 La. Ann. 107 1854 0 Marital property, sales, successions, privileges Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Philippi 9 La. Ann. 44 1854 0 Taxes, property, ordinance, municipal code Louisiana
Hess v. Newcomer 7 Md. 325 1854 1 Maryland
Macon v. Willson 9 La. Ann. 178 1854 0 Sequestration, contracts, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Sturgis v. Arcenaux 9 La. Ann. 136 1854 0 Property, judgment creditors, contracts Louisiana
Thorn v. Tyson 9 La. Ann. 231 1854 0 Promissory notes, sales, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Kerr v. Laird 27 Miss. 544 1854 1 Mississippi
D'Arensbourg v. Chauvin 9 La. Ann. 98 1854 0 Property, judicial seizure, sales, res judicata, prescription Louisiana
Succession of Eubanks 9 La. Ann. 147 1854 0 Wills, revocation of wills Louisiana