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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Farwell v. Harris 12 La. Ann. 50 1857 0 Theft of enslaved person, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Lusk v. Church 13 La. Ann. 360 1858 0 Warranty of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Owen v. Brown 13 La. Ann. 201 1858 0 Interrogatories, recovery for loss of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Succession of Cresswell 8 La. Ann. 122 1853 0 Emancipation, wills, property Louisiana
Haynes v. Forno 8 La. Ann. 35 1853 0 Emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Ford v. Simmons 13 La. Ann. 397 1858 0 Recovery of damages for murdered enslaved person 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
Flemming v. Richardson 13 La. Ann. 414 1858 0 Redhibition Louisiana
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, false confessions Louisiana
Emswiler v. Burham 6 La. Ann. 710 1851 0 Simulation, conversion, sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana
Deshautels v. Fontenot 6 La. Ann. 689 1851 0 Marital property Louisiana
Linton v. Wikoff 12 La. Ann. 880 1857 0 Testaments, manumission, res judicata Louisiana
Frelson v. Tiner 6 La. Ann. 18 1851 0 Sales, mortgages, redhibition, property, contracts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Leonora v. Scott 8 La. Ann. 460 1853 0 Emancipation, wills Louisiana
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
State v. Henderson 13 La. Ann. 489 1858 0 Capital punishment, stabbing by enslaved person Louisiana
Delphine v. Guillet 13 La. Ann. 248 1858 0 Manumission, Louisiana
Pope v. Anderson 13 La. Ann. 538 1858 0 Property, usufruct Louisiana