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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lawson v. Barre 6 Tex. 217 1851 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Edrington v. Mayfield 5 Tex. 363 1849 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Love v. Robertson 7 Tex. 6 1851 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Milburn v. Walker 11 Tex. 329 1854 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Berry v. Bland 15 Miss. 77 1846 0 Marital property dispute Mississippi
Strong v. Gregory 19 Ala. 146 1851 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Smyth v. Oliver 31 Ala. 39 1857 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Roper v. Roper 29 Ala. 247 1856 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Nuckolls v. Pinkston 38 Ala. 615 1863 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Lockwood v. Nelson 16 Ala. 294 1849 0 Marital property dispute Alabama
Warren v. Dickerson 3 Tex. 460 1848 0 Marital property dispute Texas
Dorvin v. Wiltz 11 La. Ann. 514 1856 0 Marital property, divorce Louisiana
Malone v. Kitching 10 La. Ann. 85 1855 0 Marital property, donations, marriage, judicial seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Hayden v. Nutt 4 La. Ann. 65 1849 0 Marital property, fraud, privileges, wills, domicil, conflict of laws, prescription, contracts, mortgages Louisiana
Allen v. Hightower 21 Ark. 316 1860 0 Marital property in enslaved persons f Arkansas
Desobry v. Schlater 25 La. Ann. 425 1873 0 Marital property, marriages, contracts, property, successions, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Judice v. Kerr 8 La. Ann. 462 1853 0 Marital property, mortgages, res judicata, hypothecary action Louisiana
Robertson v. Davis 9 La. Ann. 268 1854 0 Marital property, partition, debts, divorce Louisiana
Werner v. Kelly 9 La. Ann. 60 1854 0 Marital property, partition, defamation Louisiana
Broussard v. Dugas 5 La. 585 1850 0 Marital property, privileges, mortgages Louisiana