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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Roulin v. Sabatier 6 Mart. (n.s.) 429 1828 0 Sales, property, delivery, successions Louisiana
Macarty v. Bagnieres 1 Mart. (o.s.) 149 1810 0 Sales, warranty, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Lawrence v. McFarlane 7 Mart. (n.s.) 558 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, witness testimony, damages Louisiana
State v. Edward 5 Mart. (o.s.) 474 1818 0 Libely, sales Louisiana
Adelle v. Beauregard 1 Mart. (o.s.) 183 1810 0 Freedom suit, fraud, evidence, wages Louisiana
Cuffy v. Castillon 5 Mart. (o.s.) 494 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, contracts, manumission, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
Delacroix v. Orleans Navigation Co. 5 Mart. (o.s.) 507 1818 0 Contracts, wages, recission, obligations Louisiana
Chesneau v. Girod 2 Mart. (n.s.) 612 1824 0 Successions, property, sales, conversion Louisiana
Metayer v. Noret 5 Mart. (o.s.) 566 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, intervenor, evidence, seizure, property, conflict of laws, prescription Louisiana
Dunbar v. Skillman 6 Mart. (n.s.) 539 1828 0 Promissory notes, sales, redhibition Louisiana
Planters' Bank v. Proctor 6 Mart. (n.s.) 531 1828 0 Seizure, property, intervenor Louisiana
Pilie v. Lalande 7 Mart. (n.s.) 648 1829 0 Redhibition, sales, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
Poydras v. Hiriart 6 Mart. (n.s.) 650 1828 0 Hypothecary action, seizure, sales, property, mortgages, debts, sequestration Louisiana
Read v. Bailey 2 Mart. (o.s.) 60 1811 0 Sales, witness testimony, evidence, debts, promissory notes Louisiana
Flotte v. Aubert 2 Mart. (o.s.) 329 1812 0 Petitory action, sales, property, covenants, warranty, damages Louisiana
Orleans Navigation Co. v. Mayor of New-Orleans 2 Mart. (o.s.) 214 1812 0 Servitude, corporeal rights, incorporeal rights, wages, construction, witness testimony, water law, incorporation Louisiana
Delahaye v. Pellerin 2 Mart. (o.s.) 142 1812 0 Damages, petitory action, res judicata Louisiana
Jacob v. Ursuline Nuns 2 Mart. (o.s.) 269 1812 0 Emancipation, donations, contracts, corporations, property, subpoena duces tecum, evidence, wills Louisiana
Maurin & Co. v. Rouquer 19 La. 594 1841 0 Privileges, sales, property, fraud, contracts, prescription Louisiana