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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fitzgerald v. Ferguson 11 La. Ann. 396 1856 0 Leases, torts, employment law Louisiana
Flemming v. Rotchford 11 La. Ann. 400 1856 0 Sales, mortgages, property Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 11 La. Ann. 424 1856 0 Emancipcation, wills, character evidence Louisiana
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Murder of enslaved persons, evidence Louisiana
Eulalie v. Long 11 La. Ann. 463 1856 0 Prescription, manumission, human trafficking Louisiana
Fluker v. Bobo 11 La. Ann. 609 1856 0 Property, Seizure, hypothecary action, mortgages Louisiana
State v. Bass 11 La. Ann. 478 1856 0 Criminal law, murder of enslaved person, character evidence Louisiana
Levi v. Penny 11 La. Ann. 539 1856 0 Mortgages, promissory notes, seizure, sequestration, property, tutorship Louisiana
Gaillardet v. Demaries 18 La. 490 1841 0 Damages, negligence, property, liability, torts Louisiana
Devron v. His Creditors 11 La. Ann. 482 1856 0 Mortgages, creditor's rights, property, sales Louisiana
Crane v. Allen 11 La. Ann. 496 1856 0 Writ of possession, Louisiana
Leverich v. Adams 11 La. Ann. 510 1856 0 Property, seizure, fraud, vendor's privileges Louisiana
McMaster v. Stewart 11 La. Ann. 546 1856 0 Curatorship, Dispute over title of enslaved persons, prescription, sales Louisiana
Brack v. Wood 11 La. Ann. 512 1856 0 Possessory action, witness identification, dispute over ownership of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Dorvin v. Wiltz 11 La. Ann. 514 1856 0 Marital property, divorce Louisiana
Mock v. Kennedy 11 La. Ann. 527 1856 0 Redhibition, sales, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Spears v. Shropshire 11 La. Ann. 559 1856 0 Contracts, marital property Louisiana
Bryan v. Day 11 La. Ann. 601 1856 0 Securities, bonds, subrogation Louisiana
Jones v. Moore 11 La. Ann. 616 1856 0 Bonds, Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Estate of Routon 11 La. Ann. 621 1856 0 Partition of enslaved persons, heirs, Louisiana