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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Nuttall v. Kirkland 8 Mart. (n.s.) 292 1829 0 Successions, administrato, property Louisiana
Duchamp v. Dantilly 9 La. Ann. 247 1854 0 Subrogation, property, mortgages Louisiana
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Bradford 14 La. Ann. 159 1859 0 Subrogation, mortgages Louisiana
Mitchell v. Otey 23 Miss. 236 1851 0 Subjecting wife's separate property to pay husband's debts Mississippi
Caldwell v. Sawyer 30 Ala. 283 1857 0 Subject Estate to Payment of Promissory Note Alabama
Lebœuf v. Merle 1 La. Ann. 144 1846 0 Subgrogation, fieri facias, seizure, mortgages, privileges, recordation, sales, community property, suretyship, bonds, warranty Louisiana
Spence v. McMillan 10 Ala. 583 1846 0 Stolen Enslaved Personsaction Alabama
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Bowman 9 La. Ann. 195 1854 0 Stocks, mortgages, property, fraud, contracts, sales Louisiana
Barney v. Earle 13 Ala. 106 1848 0 Stock exchange - property exchange Alabama
Martin v. State 28 Ala. 71 1856 0 Stealing an Ensalved Person Alabama
In re Volkswagen 'Clean Diesel' Litig. 94 Va. Cir. 189, 207 (Cir. Ct. 2016) 2016 1 stay of litigation Virginia
State v. Thomas 12 La. 48 1845 0 Statutory interpretation, wills, property, criminal law Louisiana
Shapiro v. Shapiro 346 Md. 648 1997 1 statutory interp Maryland
Harrison-Solomon v. State 442 Md. 254 2015 1 statutory interp Maryland
State v. Prats 10 La. Ann. 785 1855 0 Statutes, criminal law, liquor license Louisiana
Hartley Hill Hunt Club v. Ritchie Cty. Comm'n 220 W. Va. 382 2007 1 statute prohibiting hunting on Sundays West Virginia
Jennings v. Gosselin 20 La. 214 1868 0 Statute of Limitations, Torts - negligence Louisiana
Mechanics' & Traders' Bank v. Sanders 21 La. Ann. 106 1869 0 Statute of limitations, Promissory note Louisiana
Fisk v. Bergerot 21 La. Ann. 111 1869 0 Statute of Limitations on damages for fugitive slave Louisiana
Crump v. Mitchell 34 Miss. 449 1857 0 Statute of limitations issue Mississippi