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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Adelle v. Beauregard 1 Mart. (o.s.) 183 1810 0 Freedom suit, fraud, evidence, wages Louisiana
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Poydras v. Hiriart 6 Mart. (n.s.) 403 1828 0 Hypothecary action, sales, seizure, mortgages, property, debts, sequestration Louisiana
Chretien v. Theard 2 Mart. (n.s.) 582 1824 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, fraud, prescription, criminal law, property Louisiana
Lucile v. Toustin 5 Mart. (o.s.) 611 1818 0 Adverse possession, evidence, sales, prescription, parol evidence, contracts, conflict of laws, best evidence rule Louisiana
Delacroix v. Orleans Navigation Co. 5 Mart. (o.s.) 507 1818 0 Contracts, wages, recission, obligations Louisiana
Chesneau v. Girod 2 Mart. (n.s.) 612 1824 0 Successions, property, sales, conversion Louisiana
Percy v. Millaudon 6 Mart. (n.s.) 616 1828 0 Partnerships, property, wages, sequestration, mandates, successions Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, intervenor, evidence, seizure, property, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Dunbar v. Skillman 6 Mart. (n.s.) 539 1828 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Carian v. Rieffel 2 Mart. (n.s.) 619 1824 0 Sales, hypothecary action, debts, contracts Louisiana
Sikes v. Allen 2 Mart. (n.s.) 622 1824 0 Recission, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, warranty Louisiana
Planters' Bank v. Proctor 6 Mart. (n.s.) 531 1828 0 Seizure, property, intervenor Louisiana
Pilie v. Lalande 7 Mart. (n.s.) 648 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hicks v. Calvit 5 Mart. (o.s.) 691 1818 0 Successions, property, community property, intestacy Louisiana
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
Poydras v. Hiriart 6 Mart. (n.s.) 650 1828 0 Hypothecary action, seizure, sales, property, mortgages, debts, sequestration Louisiana
Daublin v. Mayor of New-Orleans 1 Mart. (o.s.) 185 1810 0 Property, eviction, municipal liability, nuisance Louisiana
Orleans Navigation Co v. Mayor of New-Orleans 2 Mart. (o.s.) 10 1811 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
State v. Cecil 2 Mart. (o.s.) 208 1812 0 Witness testimony, emancipation, conflict of laws, evidence Louisiana