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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State v. Kentuck 8 La. Ann. 308 1853 0 Criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
McDowell v. Couch 6 La. Ann. 365 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, commutations, petitory action, property Louisiana
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, false confessions Louisiana
State v. Jonas 6 La. Ann. 695 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
State v. Gutierrez 15 La. Ann. 190 1860 0 Criminal law, Constitutional interpretation, right to a jury Louisiana
State v. Fant 2 La. Ann. 837 1847 0 Criminal law, dram shop law Louisiana
Delery v. Mornet 11 Mart. (o.s.) 4 1822 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, damages, evidence, torts, property Louisiana
State v. Lyons 3 La. Ann. 154 1848 0 Criminal law, dram shop law, jury instruction, contracts, jury swearing Louisiana
State v. Adams 14 La. Ann. 620 1859 0 Criminal law, felony Louisiana
State v. Williams 7 La. 252 1844 0 Criminal law, insurrection, property, conflict of laws Louisiana
State v. Lethe 9 La. Ann. 182 1854 0 Criminal law, jurisdiction Louisiana
State v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 449 1851 0 Criminal law, larceny Louisiana
State v. Levy 5 La. 64 1850 0 Criminal law, larceny, witness competency, emancipation Louisiana
State v. Lewis 3 La. Ann. 398 1848 0 Criminal law, muder, habeas corpus, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Bass 11 La. Ann. 478 1856 0 Criminal law, murder of enslaved person, character evidence Louisiana
State v. Jack 14 La. Ann. 385 1859 0 Criminal law, murder, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Lennon 8 Rob. 543 1844 0 Criminal law, perjury, evidence Louisiana
State v. Linton 3 Rob. 55 1842 0 Criminal law, property, employment Louisiana
State v. Gilbert 2 La. Ann. 244 1847 0 Criminal law, rape, confessions, res judicata, statutory interpretation, capital punishment, witness testimony Louisiana