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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, debts, property, seizure, endorsement, assignments Louisiana
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Seizure, sales, property, injunction, suretyship Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Taylor v. Penrose 12 La. 137 1838 0 Contracts, sequestration, conditional sale, recission Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Henderson v. Bryan 12 La. 10 1838 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition, sales, damages Louisiana
Taylor v. Brooks 20 N.C. 139 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Property, damages, successions, sales, adverse possession Louisiana
Henry v. Keays 12 La. 214 1838 0 Partition, successions, property Louisiana
Peacock v. Tompkins 19 Tenn. 317 1838 1 Tennessee
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
E. L. B. Brooks v. Clayes 10 Vt. 37 1838 1 Vermont
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Markoe v. Maxcy 16 F. Cas. 763 1837 1 United States