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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
John Henderson & Co. v. Clarke 27 Miss. 436 1854 0 Authority of administrator to sell enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Odom v. Harris 34 Miss. 410 1857 0 Avoiding deed in action of replevin Mississippi
State v. Edney 20 N.C. 378 1839 0 Bail North Carolina
Conframp v. Bunel 6 F. Cas. 275 1806 0 Bail hearing Circuit Court, D. PA.
Folse v. New Orleans Coast & Lafourche Transportation Co. 19 La. Ann. 199 1867 0 Bailmant - runaway slave Louisiana
Emmerling v. Beebe 15 La. 251 1840 0 Bailment, conversion, sales, damages Louisiana
Howes v. Steamer Red Chief 15 La. Ann. 321 1860 0 Bailment, Property, Contracts, Louisiana
Johnson v. North Carolina Dep't of Cultural Res. 223 N.C. App. 47 2012 1 bailments North Carolina
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Bailment, torts Louisiana
In re Chateaugay Corp. 922 F.2d 86, 91 (2d Cir. 1990) 1990 1 bankruptcy NY
In re Caldwell 4 F. Cas. 1035 1874 0 Bankruptcy Dist. Ct., E.D. VA
Sanders v. Smallwood 30 N.C. 125 1847 0 Bankruptcy North Carolina
Brandon v. Cabiness 10 Ala. 155 1846 0 Bankruptcy Alabama
Stewart v. Hargrove 23 Ala. 429 1853 0 Bankruptcy Alabama
Gibson v. Green 45 Miss. 209 1871 0 Bankruptcy action Mississippi
Smith v. Talbot 18 Tex. 774 1857 0 Bankruptcy dispute Texas
United States v. Cluck 143 F.3d 174, 180 (5th Cir. 1998) 1998 1 bankruptcy fraud United States
Powell v. Knox 16 Ala. 364 1849 0 Bankruptcy issue Alabama
Selby v. Gibson 3 La. Ann. 209 1848 0 Bankruptcy, promissory notes, prescription, property, sales, simulation, witness testimony Louisiana
In re Crabtree 39 B.R. 713 1984 1 bankruptcy; validity of gift United States