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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Ward v. Brandt 11 Mart. (o.s.) 331 1822 0 Damages, partnerships, debts, syndics, property, dissolution, mortgages, bankruptcy, privileges Louisiana
Morris v. Thames 8 Mart. (n.s.) 687 1830 0 Damages, peremptory exception, successions Louisiana
Delahaye v. Pellerin 2 Mart. (o.s.) 142 1812 0 Damages, petitory action, res judicata Louisiana
Wells v. Wells 8 Mart. (n.s.) 307 1829 0 Damages, possessory action, property, successions, contracts Louisiana
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Dunn v. Vail 7 Mart. (o.s.) 416 1820 0 Damages, property, community property, fieri facias, seizure, sales Louisiana
Cammack v. Watson 1 La. Ann. 132 1846 0 Damages, property, fraud, sales, simulation, consideration, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Hynson v. Meuillon 2 La. Ann. 798 1847 0 Damages, property, seizure, criminal law, liability Louisiana
Burnham v. Hart 15 La. Ann. 517 1860 0 Damages, Redhibitory Action Louisiana
Gorton v. Barbin 7 Mart. (n.s.) 248 1828 0 Damages, robbery, property, liability, criminal law Louisiana
Duncan v. Hawks 18 La. 548 1841 0 Damages, runaway enslaved person, seizure, privileges Louisiana
Crocker v. Watkins 4 Mart. (o.s.) 540 1816 0 Damages, sales, property, seizure, Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 308 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, indemnification Louisiana
Fleming v. Lockart 10 Mart. (o.s.) 398 1821 0 Damages, sales, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, recission, indeminification Louisiana
Cawthorn v. McDonald 1 Rob. 55 1841 0 Damages, sales, seizure, mortgages, recordation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Fanchonette v. Grange 9 Rob. 86 1844 0 Damages, seizure, property, successions, freedom suit, emancipation Louisiana
Edwards v. Nicholson 13 La. 582 1839 0 Damages, seizure, sales, injunction, trespass Louisiana
President of the Bank of the United States v. Merle 2 Rob. 117 1842 0 Damages, service, notice Louisiana
Niblett v. White's Heirs 7 La. 253 1834 0 Damages, successions, negligence, loans Louisiana
Duncan v. Armant 3 La. Ann. 84 1848 0 Damages, successions, sales, property, negligence Louisiana