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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Brown v. Smith 8 La. Ann. 59 1853 0 Emancipation Louisiana
Rountree v. Brilliant Steamboat Co. 8 La. Ann. 289 1853 0 Property, death of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Rochel v. Berwick 12 La. Ann. 847 1857 0 Probate, promissory notes Louisiana
Johnson v. Bloodworth 12 La. Ann. 699 1857 0 Mortgages, unrecorded acts, vendor's privileges Louisiana
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, Runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
A. Montan & Bros. v. Whitley 12 La. Ann. 175 1857 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved family Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Bair v. Abrams 12 La. Ann. 753 1857 0 Dispute over sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Miller v. Stewart 12 La. Ann. 170 1857 0 Employment, beating and murder of an enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Wolf v. Wolf 12 La. Ann. 529 1857 0 Sales, properties, mortgages, privileges, community property, promissory notes, simulation, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
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