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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Benson v. Benson 24 Miss. 625 1852 0 Satisfaction of debt Mississippi
Ex parte State ex rel. Alabama Policy Inst. 200 So. 3d 495 2016 1 same-sex marriage Alabama
George v. State 39 Miss. 570 1860 0 Same facts as Jospehine v. State (39 Miss. 613) Mississippi
Read v. Bailey 2 Mart. (o.s.) 60 1811 0 Sales, witness testimony, evidence, debts, promissory notes Louisiana
Vernot v. Yocum 3 Mart. (o.s.) 406 1814 0 Sales, witness testimony, evidence, contracts, fraud Louisiana
O'Blennis v. Corri 5 La. 101 1850 0 Sales, witness competency Louisiana
Murphy v. Executor of Cook 10 La. Ann. 572 1855 0 Sales, wils, estates, property Louisiana
Succession of Key 5 Rob. 482 1843 0 Sales, wills, successions, witness testimony, fraud Louisiana
Semere v. Semere 10 La. Ann. 704 1855 0 Sales, wills, simulated sale, emancipation Louisiana
Heirs of Singleton v. Kelly 11 La. Ann. 646 1855 0 Sales, wills, pledges, property, mortgage, trusts Louisiana
Vannorght v. Foreman 1 Mart. (n.s.) 352 1823 0 Sales, warranty, witness testimony, obligations, property, successions Louisiana
Cottle v. Wilson 1 La. Ann. 4 1846 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, witness testimony Louisiana
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, fraud, damages, parol evidence, paternships, contracts, prescription Louisiana
Macarty v. Bagnieres 1 Mart. (o.s.) 149 1810 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Zimmer v. Thompson 13 La. 22 1839 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Saulet v. Loiseau 6 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1819 0 Sales, warranty, recission, redhibition, witness testimony, impeachment Louisiana
Simmins v. Parker 4 Mart. (n.s.) 200 1826 0 Sales, warranty, damages, warranty, emancipation, contracts, property Louisiana
Faulk v. Hough 14 La. Ann. 659 1859 0 Sales, warranties, redhibition Louisiana
Barfield v. Hewlett 4 La. 118 1832 0 Sales, wages, capacity, witness testimony Louisiana
Maurin v. Toustin 6 Mart. (o.s.) 496 1819 0 Sales, wages Louisiana