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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dufour v. Camfrancq 8 Mart. (o.s.) 235 1820 0 Sales, successions, suretyship, fieri facias, seizure, parol testimony, parol evidence, sequestration Louisiana
Steel v. Cazeaux 8 Mart. (o.s.) 318 1820 0 Torts, damages, rebellion, murder, damages, witness testimony, criminal law, indemnification, evidence, property, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Blondeau v. Gales 8 Mart. (o.s.) 313 1820 0 Recission, sales, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, robbery Louisiana
Martineau v. Hooper 8 Mart. (o.s.) 699 1820 0 Torts, damages, rebellion, Louisiana
Calvit v. Haynes 8 Mart. (o.s.) 712 1820 0 Promissory notes, suretyship, sales Louisiana
Francoise v. Delaronde 8 Mart. (o.s.) 619 1820 0 Sales, property, capacity, curatorship, prescription Louisiana
Marie v. Avart's Heirs 8 Mart. (o.s.) 512 1820 0 Successions, wills, property, privileges, mandamus, capacity, insane delusion, emancipation Louisiana
Ulzere v. Poeyfarre 8 Mart. (o.s.) 155 1820 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, evidence, successions, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
Fox v. Dawson's Curator 8 Mart. (o.s.) 94 1820 0 Marriage, successions, curatorship, property Louisiana
Tessier v. Hall 7 Mart. (o.s.) 411 1820 0 Seizure, injunction, sales, recordation, mortgages Louisiana
Dunn v. Vail 7 Mart. (o.s.) 416 1820 0 Damages, property, community property, fieri facias, seizure, sales Louisiana
United States v. Slade 27 F. Cas. 1125 1820 1 United States
Somes v. Skinner 16 Mass. 348 1820 1 Massachusetts
Backus v. Taylor 20 Va. 488 1820 1 Virginia
Billy v. State 11 S.C.L. 356 1820 0 South Carolina
Inhabitants of Hallowell v. Inhabitants of Gardiner 1 Me. 93 1820 0 Settlement for slave SC of Maine
Knight v. Yarbrough 21 Va. 27 1820 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Gray v. Reardon 2 D.C. 219 1820 0 Agency Law United States
Reeler v. Robinson 2 D.C. 220 1820 0 Freedom Suit United States
Prior v. Kinney's Executor 20 Va. 510 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA