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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Scranton v. Tilley 16 Tex. 183 1856 0 Damages for breach of warranty Texas
Turner's Admrs. v. Herron 34 Miss. 460 1857 0 Damages for fraudulent removal of slaves Mississippi
Alabama & Tennessee Rivers Railroad v. Burke 27 Ala. 535 1855 0 Damages for Loss of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Myers v. Gilbert 18 Ala. 467 1850 0 Damages for Loss of an Enslaved Person Alabama
McDaniel v. Crabtree 21 Ark. 431 1860 0 Damages for seizure of enslaved persons Arkansas
Blakely's v. Duncan 4 Tex. 92 1849 0 Damages for wrongful detention of slave Texas
Mitchel v. Jewell 1 Mart. (n.s.) 87 1823 0 Damages, fraud, community property, res judicata, prescription, redhibition Louisiana
Irish v. Wright 8 Rob. 428 1844 0 Damages, fraud, debts, service Louisiana
Meunier v. Duperron 3 Mart. (o.s.) 285 1814 0 Damages, indemnification, trespass, torts, runaway enslaved person, fraud, criminal law Louisiana
Patterson v. Bonner 14 La. 214 1839 0 Damages, injunction, property, sales, promissory notes, contracts, res judicata, privileges Louisiana
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 289 1816 0 Damages, judgment Louisiana
Barataria & Lafourche Canal Co. v. Field 17 La. 421 1841 0 Damages, labor, community property, witness testimony Louisiana
Stachlin v. Destrehan 2 La. Ann. 1019 1847 0 Damages, larceny, battery, jury selection, property, trespass, jury instruction, venue Louisiana
Bibb v. Hebert 3 La. Ann. 132 1848 0 Damages, murder, larceny, property Louisiana
Villeré v. Græter 7 La. 203 1844 0 Damages, murder, torts Louisiana
Loussade v. Hartman 16 La. 117 1840 0 Damages, murder, torts, obligations, trespass Louisiana
Gaillardet v. Demaries 18 La. 490 1841 0 Damages, negligence, property, liability, torts Louisiana
Semple v. Buhler 6 Mart. (n.s.) 469 1828 0 Damages, negligence, property, sales, suretyship, injunction, mortgages, prescription Louisiana
Ricard v. Kimball 5 Rob. 142 1843 0 Damages, negligence, torts Louisiana
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Damages, ngeligence, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, conflict of laws Louisiana