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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Riddle v. Kellum 8 Ga. 374 1850 0 Termination of life estate concerning slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Rasco v. Willis 5 Ala. 38 1843 0 Termination of Contract of Enslaved Personsfor Hire Alabama
Smith v. Dunn 27 Ala. 315 1855 0 Tenancy in common dispute Alabama
Jones v. Mayor of Columbus 25 Ga. 610 1858 0 Tax on slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Newman v. Elam 26 Miss. 474 1853 0 Tax on person who sold enslaved persons for a living Mississippi
Neely v. Police Jury 4 La. Ann. 181 1849 0 Taxes, property, wages Louisiana
Third Municipality v. Ursuline Nuns 2 La. Ann. 611 1847 0 Taxes, property, statutory interpretation Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Philippi 9 La. Ann. 44 1854 0 Taxes, property, ordinance, municipal code Louisiana
Second Municipality of New Orleans v. Commercial Bank 5 Rob. 151 1843 0 Taxes, property, exemptions Louisiana
Lanoue v. Bessy 5 La. 233 1850 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
Layton v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 515 1857 0 Taxes, property Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 10 La. Ann. 735 1855 0 taxes, property Louisiana
Whelan v. Corporation of Washington 3 D.C. 292 1828 0 Taxes Paid on Purchase of Slave United States
City of New Orleans v. Fassman & Yancey 14 La. Ann. 865 1859 0 Taxes Louisiana
State v. Brevard 62 N.C. 141 1867 0 Taxes North Carolina
Attorney General v. Pierce 59 N.C. 240 1861 0 Taxes North Carolina
State v. Peter 53 N.C. 346 1861 0 Taxes North Carolina
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Taxation of New York resident with slaves in another state? Court of Appeals of New York
Wooley v. Robinson 52 N.C. 30 1859 0 Taxation of costs/action of detinue North Carolina
City of New Orleans v. Estate of McArthur 12 La. Ann. 47 1857 0 Tax assessments of enslaved persons Louisiana