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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Mary v. Brown 5 La. 269 1850 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws Louisiana
Scott v. Featherston 5 La. 306 1850 0 Suretyship, property, mortgages, sales, promissory notes, privileges, subrogation Louisiana
Boner v. Mahle 3 La. Ann. 600 1848 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, property, parol evidence, witness testimony, promissory notes, contracts, liens Louisiana
Cartwright v. McMillen 3 La. Ann. 685 1848 0 Freedom suit, suspensive appeal, suretyship, damages, property, obligations Louisiana
Succession of Sinnott 3 La. Ann. 175 1848 0 Emancipation, wills, property, usufruct, sales, mortgages, legacies Louisiana
Angelina v. Whitehead 3 La. Ann. 556 1848 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, sales, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Oates v. Caffin 3 La. Ann. 339 1848 0 Possessory action, adverse possession, runaway enslaved person, conflict of laws Louisiana
Haynes v. Forno 8 La. Ann. 35 1853 0 Emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Gaudet v. Gourdain 3 La. Ann. 136 1848 0 Freedom suit, contracts, conditional sale, contracts Louisiana
Succession of Cresswell 8 La. Ann. 122 1853 0 Emancipation, wills, property Louisiana
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Ludeling v. Graves 3 La. Ann. 597 1848 0 Possessory action, property sales Louisiana
Kellar v. Fink 3 La. Ann. 17 1848 0 Sales, property, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Jerry 3 La. Ann. 576 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
State v. Capers 6 La. Ann. 267 1851 0 Theft, conversion, property, criminal law Louisiana
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Mortgages, judicial seizure, property Louisiana
Ex parte Louis 3 La. Ann. 467 1848 0 Wills, emancipation, property, damages, unpaid wages Louisiana
Macarty v. Mandeville 3 La. Ann. 239 1848 0 Donations, property, cohabitation, successions, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Hivert v. Lacaze 3 Rob. 357 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, fraud Louisiana