All cases Involving slavery Cites cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases including names of people involved Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Dakota Territory United States
Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Blondeau v. Gales 8 Mart. (o.s.) 313 1820 0 Recission, sales, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, robbery Louisiana
Calvit v. Compton 3 Mart. (n.s.) 86 1824 0 Prescription, successions, sales, property, conflict of laws, contracts, parol evidence Louisiana
Montegut v. Dauphin 1 Mart. (n.s.) 258 1823 0 Sequestration, wages Louisiana
Wells v. Hunter 5 Mart. (n.s.) 119 1826 0 Injunction, property, sales, successions, res judicata, contracts Louisiana
Mayes v. Calvit 12 Mart. (o.s.) 373 1822 0 Sales, successions, sequestration, bonds, damages, delivery, property Louisiana
Miles v. Oden 8 Mart. (n.s.) 214 1829 0 Property, conflict of laws, mortgages, seizure, fraud, sales, redhibition, promissory notes, privileges, recission Louisiana
Potter v. Richardson 1 Mart. (n.s.) 276 1823 0 Sales, mortgages, seizure, damages, eviction, bonds, property, injunction Louisiana
Havard v. Stone 5 Mart. (n.s.) 126 1826 0 Debts, injunction, conflict of laws Louisiana
Jackson v. Williams 12 Mart. (o.s.) 334 1822 0 Seizure, sales, petitory actions, successions, mortgages, property, debts, community property, hypothecary action Louisiana
Stafford v. Stafford 5 Mart. (n.s.) 145 1826 0 Wages, petitory action Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 8 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1820 0 Successions, mortgages, property, sales, syndics, hypothecary act, evidence, privileges Louisiana
St. Maxent's Syndic v. Sigur 3 Mart. (o.s.) 371 1814 0 Sales, property, successions, syndic, debts, privileges, res judicata Louisiana
Davis v. Curtis 3 Mart. (n.s.) 142 1824 0 Torts, murder, evidence Louisiana
Surgat v. Potter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 365 1822 0 Sales, agency, mandates Louisiana
Campbell v. Miller 3 Mart. (n.s.) 149 1824 0 Sales, conflict of laws, contracts, mandates, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Palfrey's Syndic v. Francois 8 Mart. (n.s.) 260 1829 0 Sales, fraud, privileges, property, consideration, prescription, debts Louisiana
Beard v. Poydras 4 Mart. (o.s.) 348 1816 0 Property, wills, capacity, witness testimony, emancipation, parol evidence, intestacy, sales Louisiana
Cassou v. Blanque 3 Mart. (o.s.) 390 1814 0 Community property, sales, property, lien, seizure, restitution, mortgages Louisiana
Johnson v. Boon's Heirs 4 Mart. (o.s.) 380 1816 0 Successions, privileges, debts, legitimacy, property Louisiana
McPherson v. Robinson 4 La. 563 1832 0 Freedom suit, continuance Louisiana