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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Romer v. Woods 6 La. Ann. 29 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, prescription Louisiana
Bishop's Heirs v. Hampton 19 Ala. 792 1851 1 Alabama
Nelms v. Williams 18 Ala. 650 1851 1 Alabama
Smith v. Nicholson 6 La. Ann. 704 1851 0 Trespass, conversion, successions, peremption Louisiana
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Theriot v. Henderson 6 La. Ann. 222 1851 0 Contracts, breach, reconventional demand Louisiana
Bank of Mobile v. Harris 6 La. Ann. 811 1851 0 Mortgages, property, sales, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
Boykin v. O'Hara 6 La. Ann. 115 1851 0 Mandates, property, mortgages, judicial sales Louisiana
Smelser v. Drane 19 Ala. 245 1851 1 Alabama
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Dwyer v. Cane 6 La. Ann. 707 1851 0 Employment law Louisiana
Huntington v. Ricard 6 La. Ann. 806 1851 0 Property, conversion, leases Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana
Bernard v. Auguste 6 La. Ann. 24 1851 0 Possessory action, sales, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Young v. Carl 6 La. Ann. 412 1851 0 Property, wills, mortgages, successions, sales Louisiana
Lord v. Horsey 5 Del. 317 1851 0 Returning of an enslaved woman Delaware
Pearson v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 232 1851 0 Successions, wills, inheritence, sales Louisiana
Kitchen v. Herring 42 N.C. 190 1851 1 North Carolina