Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
Bowles v. His Creditors 6 La. Ann. 679 1851 0 Promissory notes, mortgages, subrogation, privileges, sales Louisiana
Rawls v. Rawls 6 La. Ann. 665 1851 0 Successions, promissory notes, sales, tutorship Louisiana
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Soniat 6 La. Ann. 65 1851 0 Judicial seizure, taxes, property, corporations Louisiana
Birdsale v. Lakey 6 La. Ann. 646 1851 0 Successions, sales, simulation Louisiana
Childers v. Johnson 6 La. Ann. 634 1851 0 Successions, property, community property Louisiana
Jones v. Widow & Heirs of Morgan 6 La. Ann. 630 1851 0 Successions, property, sales, donations Louisiana
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, false confessions Louisiana
Heres v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 586 1851 0 Sales, taxes Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Tenth District 6 La. Ann. 548 1851 0 Property, judicial seizure Louisiana
Executors of Haggerty v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 533 1851 0 Sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Murphy v. Mutual Benefit Life & Fire Insurance 6 La. Ann. 518 1851 0 Life insurance Louisiana
Reading v. Donovan 6 La. Ann. 491 1851 0 Contracts, breach Louisiana
Leigh v. Meurice 6 La. Ann. 476 1851 0 Conversion, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Vinot v. Bertrand 6 La. Ann. 474 1851 0 Employment law, leases Louisiana
Benjamin v. Davis 6 La. Ann. 472 1851 0 Torts, murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Courtney v. Davidson 6 La. Ann. 453 1851 0 Property, sales, marital property, suretyship, privileges Louisiana
State v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 449 1851 0 Criminal law, larceny Louisiana
Nichols v. Grice 6 La. Ann. 446 1851 0 Donations, property, wills, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana