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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. King 12 La. Ann. 593 1857 0 Murder, excecution, retroactivity Louisiana
Nouvet v. Bollinger 15 La. Ann. 293 1860 0 Donations, recovery of an enslaved person Louisiana
Walker v. Hays 15 La. Ann. 640 1860 0 Contracts, sale of slave. Louisiana
State v. Henry 15 La. Ann. 297 1860 0 Constitutional Interpretation, Criminal Law Louisiana
Van Ostern v. Simmons 15 La. Ann. 302 1860 0 Donations, Wills, Contracts Louisiana
Buie v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 440 1860 0 Recovery from sale of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person, death of enslaved person, warranty on sale of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Gore 15 La. Ann. 79 1860 0 Torts, Property Louisiana
Atkinson v. Atkinson 15 La. Ann. 491 1860 0 Property, Marriage, Secured Transactions Louisiana
State v. Solomon 15 La. Ann. 463 1860 0 Criminal Law, Acquittal, Punishments Louisiana
Callaway v. Bobo 15 La. Ann. 467 1860 0 Property, Runaway Slaves Louisiana
Baines v. J. W. Burbridge & Co. 15 La. Ann. 628 1860 0 Marriage, Judgment, Debts Louisiana
State v. Gutierrez 15 La. Ann. 190 1860 0 Criminal law, Constitutional interpretation, right to a jury Louisiana
Bach v. Hall 3 La. 116 1831 0 Sales, delivery, possessory action, petitory action, parol evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Valsain v. Cloutier 3 La. 170 1831 0 Wills, debts, legitimacy, renunciation, property, successions, fraud, lesion, res judicara, filiation, prescription, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Strawbridge v. Turner 8 La. 537 1835 0 Torts, runaway enslaved person, liability, damages Louisiana
Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278 1840 0 Torts, slander, jury instructions, malice, evidence, witness testimony, damages Louisiana
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Michigan
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Michigan
Mitchell v. Mims 8 Tex. 6 1852 0 Action to recover for hiring of slaves Texas
Cheatham v. Riddle 8 Tex. 162 1852 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas