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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Eldridge v. Spence 16 Ala. 682 1849 0 Seizure of enslaved person Alabama
Holt v. Bacon 30 Conn. 21 1861 0 Seizure of alleged slaving vessel Connecticut
Turnbull v. Cebra 1 Mart. (n.s.) 611 1823 0 Seizure, mortgages, renunciation, community property, contracts Louisiana
Jure v. Balletin 6 La. Ann. 394 1851 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, sales Louisiana
Debora v. Coffin 1 Mart. (o.s.) 40 1809 0 Seizure, mortgages, property, contracts, conflict of laws, privileges, debts Louisiana
Gordon v. Johnston 4 La. 304 1832 0 Seizure, mortgages, injunction, damages, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Ledoux v. Rucker 4 La. Ann. 218 1849 0 Seizure, interest, custodial costs Louisiana
Tessier v. Hall 7 Mart. (o.s.) 411 1820 0 Seizure, injunction, sales, recordation, mortgages Louisiana
Gamard v. Hart 4 La. Ann. 503 1849 0 Seizure, donations, simulation, fraud, sales, damages Louisiana
Stroud v. Humble 2 La. Ann. 930 1847 0 Seizure, damages, community property, successions, debts, sales, mortgages, promissory notes, partition Louisiana
Terry v. Patton 4 Mart. (o.s.) 301 1816 0 Seizure, conflict of laws Louisiana
Covington v. Arrington 32 Miss. 144 1856 0 Seeking writ of habeaus corpus for posession of a slave Mississippi
Sam v. State 31 Miss. 480 1856 0 Seeking new trial for enslaved man indicted for murder Mississippi
Manley v. Union Bank of Florida 1 Fla. 160 1846 0 Security in Slaves for Two Mortgages Supreme Court of FL
Succession of Poindexter 19 La. Ann. 22 1867 0 Security, debts, emancipation Louisiana
Cornish v. Keesee 17 Ark. 391 1856 0 Security bond dispute Arkansas
Pogue ex rel. Calvert v. Joyner 7 Ark. 462 1847 0 Securities dispute Arkansas
Bryan v. Day 11 La. Ann. 601 1856 0 Securities, bonds, subrogation Louisiana
Bachemin v. Scheixnaydre 16 La. Ann. 32 1861 0 Secured Transactions, Repossession Louisiana
Shropshire v. His Creditors 15 La. Ann. 705 1860 0 Secured Transactions, Repossession Louisiana