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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
De Young v. De Young 9 La. Ann. 545 1854 0 Marital property, debts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
State v. Martinez 9 La. Ann. 530 1854 0 Criminal law, sale of liquor to enslaved person Louisiana
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 510 1854 0 Sales, marital property, conflict of laws, fraud Louisiana
Lynch v. Leckie 9 La. Ann. 506 1854 0 Property, mortgages, judicial seizure, sales, privileges Louisiana
Gallian v. Cox 9 La. Ann. 500 1854 0 Estates, curatorship, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
Anty v. Adle 9 La. Ann. 490 1854 0 Judicial seizure, marital property, prescription, negligence Louisiana
Chevalier v. Hyams 9 La. Ann. 484 1854 0 Sales, employment law, prescription, property Louisiana
Stewart v. City of New Orleans 9 La. Ann. 461 1854 0 Police brutality, property, murder of enslaved person, municipal liability Louisiana
Smith v. Nettles 9 La. Ann. 455 1854 0 Probate, sales, mortgages, obligations, contracts Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Philippi 9 La. Ann. 44 1854 0 Taxes, property, ordinance, municipal code Louisiana
Parham v. Cobb 9 La. Ann. 423 1854 0 Estates, property, dissolution, suretyship Louisiana
Bass v. Chambliss 9 La. Ann. 376 1854 0 Estates, promissory notes, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Succession of Jarvis 9 La. Ann. 370 1854 1 Louisiana
Lusk v. Swon 9 La. Ann. 367 1854 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, emancipation, sales Louisiana
Succession of Regan 9 La. Ann. 364 1854 0 Prescription, successions, property, contract, capacity Louisiana
Wilcox v. Henderson 9 La. Ann. 347 1854 0 Unpaid wages, property, promissory notes Louisiana
President of the Bank of Louisiana v. Ford 9 La. Ann. 299 1854 0 Judicial sale, property, mortgages Louisiana
Dufief v. Boykin 9 La. Ann. 295 1854 0 Sales, property, judicial seizure, mortgages, possessory rights, eviction Louisiana
Armorer v. Case 9 La. Ann. 288 1854 0 Promissory notes, estates, property, sales, conflict of laws, partition Louisiana
Very v. Very 9 La. Ann. 283 1854 0 Marital property, debts, bankruptcy Louisiana