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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bernice Myers Sharp v. Shelby Edward Sharp 78 So. 2d 491 1955 1 Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 8 Mart. (o.s.) 442 1820 0 Successions, mortgages, property, sales, syndics, hypothecary act, evidence, privileges Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 10 Mart. (o.s.) 482 1822 0 Successions, evidence, trusts, property, mortgages, sales, obligations, syndics Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 1 Mart. (n.s.) 1 1823 0 Witness testimony, evidence, mortgages, bankruptcy, syndics, sales, property, seizure, trusts, damages, fraud, contracts Louisiana
Bernard v. Vignaud 10 Mart. (o.s.) 633 1822 0 Witness testimony, liability, community property, privileges Louisiana
Bernard v. Thayer 19 La. Ann. 257 1867 1 Louisiana
Bernard v. Pyburn 15 La. 126 1840 0 Murder, torts, damages, negligence Louisiana
Bernard v. Gravios 8 So. 2d 318 1942 1 Louisiana
Bernard v. Dufour 17 La. 596 1841 1 Louisiana
Bernard v. Auguste 6 La. Ann. 24 1851 0 Possessory action, sales, simulation, fraud Louisiana
Bernard v. Auguste 1 La. Ann. 69 1846 1 Louisiana
Bernardine v. Despinasse 6 Mart. (n.s.) 94 1827 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, partition, trusts, emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Bermudez ex rel. Wright v. Union Bank 11 La. Ann. 64 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, mortgages, property, judicial sales Louisiana
Berluchaux v. Berluchaux 7 La. 539 1835 0 Partition, successions, wills, property, tutorship Louisiana
Berje v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. 37 La. Ann. 468 1885 1 Louisiana
Bergstrom v. Spillman 3 Pelt. 322 1919 1 Louisiana
Bergeron v. His Creditors 4 Rob. 185 1843 0 Privileges, debts, sales, mortgages, seizure, promissory notes Louisiana
Berard v. Berard 9 La. 156 1836 0 Freedom suit, property, successions Louisiana
Beon v. Morgan 5 Mart. (n.s.) 701 1827 0 Seizure, successions, partition, property, possessory action Louisiana
Benton v. Jacobs 3 La. App. 274 1923 1 Louisiana