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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Edwards v. Smith 10 La. Ann. 536 1855 0 Curatorship, promissory notesconsideration, sales, redhibition Louisiana
McMaster v. Stewart 11 La. Ann. 546 1856 0 Curatorship, Dispute over title of enslaved persons, prescription, sales Louisiana
Walker v. Sanchez 13 La. Ann. 505 1858 0 Curatorship, damages, seizure, sales Louisiana
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Cruel Punishment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Jackson 308 N.C. 549 1983 1 crim pro confession North Carolina
Chaney v. Dags Branch Coal Co. No. 2005-CA-001857-WC, 2007 WL 80915, at *4 (Ky. Ct. App. Jan. 12, 2007) 2007 1 Crim. pro. Kentucky
Cantrell v. State 266 Ga. 700 1996 1 Crim. pro. Georgia
United States v. Allen 755 A.2d 402 2000 1 Crim pro. District of Columbia
Edwards v. State 736 So. 2d 475 1999 1 crim pro Mississippi
Stinson v. State 443 So. 2d 869 1983 1 crim pro Mississippi
State v. Mulkey 73 Md. App. 501 1988 1 crim pro Maryland
Wright v. Harman 5 Mart. (n.s.) 235 1826 0 Criminal prosecution, sequestration, liability Louisiana
Simon v. State 5 Fla. 285 1853 0 Criminal Procedure Dispute over Confession Supreme Court of FL
Ney v. Richard 15 La. Ann. 603 1860 0 Criminal, Mittimus, Property Louisiana
State v. Thompson 10 La. Ann. 122 1855 0 Criminal law, warrants Louisiana
State v. Davis 14 La. Ann. 678 1859 0 Criminal law, statutory interpretation, assault, property Louisiana
State v. Morris 4 La. Ann. 177 1849 0 Criminal law, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Gardner 10 La. Ann. 25 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, federal rules of civil procedure Louisiana
State v. Porte 9 La. Ann. 105 1854 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, evidence Louisiana
State v. Porte's Securities 10 La. Ann. 148 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, bail Louisiana