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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Gorton v. Barbin 7 Mart. (n.s.) 248 1828 0 Damages, robbery, property, liability, criminal law Louisiana
Burnham v. Hart 15 La. Ann. 517 1860 0 Damages, Redhibitory Action Louisiana
Hynson v. Meuillon 2 La. Ann. 798 1847 0 Damages, property, seizure, criminal law, liability Louisiana
Cammack v. Watson 1 La. Ann. 132 1846 0 Damages, property, fraud, sales, simulation, consideration, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Dunn v. Vail 7 Mart. (o.s.) 416 1820 0 Damages, property, community property, fieri facias, seizure, sales Louisiana
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Wells v. Wells 8 Mart. (n.s.) 307 1829 0 Damages, possessory action, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Delahaye v. Pellerin 2 Mart. (o.s.) 142 1812 0 Damages, petitory action, res judicata Louisiana
Morris v. Thames 8 Mart. (n.s.) 687 1830 0 Damages, peremptory exception, successions Louisiana
Ward v. Brandt 11 Mart. (o.s.) 331 1822 0 Damages, partnerships, debts, syndics, property, dissolution, mortgages, bankruptcy, privileges Louisiana
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana
Ricard v. Kimball 5 Rob. 142 1843 0 Damages, negligence, torts Louisiana
Semple v. Buhler 6 Mart. (n.s.) 469 1828 0 Damages, negligence, property, sales, suretyship, injunction, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Gaillardet v. Demaries 18 La. 490 1841 0 Damages, negligence, property, liability, torts Louisiana
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana
Villeré v. Græter 7 La. 203 1844 0 Damages, murder, torts Louisiana
Bibb v. Hebert 3 La. Ann. 132 1848 0 Damages, murder, larceny, property Louisiana
Stachlin v. Destrehan 2 La. Ann. 1019 1847 0 Damages, larceny, battery, jury selection, property, trespass, jury instruction, venue Louisiana
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Field 17 La. 421 1841 0 Damages, labor, community property, witness testimony Louisiana
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 289 1816 0 Damages, judgment Louisiana