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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Cawthorn v. McCraw 9 Ala. 519 1846 0 Claim to property dispute Alabama
Kelso v. Townsend 13 Tex. 140 1854 0 Claim to sell two slaves dispute Texas
Redden v. Spruance 4 Del. 265 1845 0 Clarification on a trial of a person who transported an enslaved person Delaware
Foy v. Foy 25 Miss. 207 1852 0 Collection of payment for enslaved person sold to a minor Mississippi
Raper v. Sanders 62 Va. 60 1871 0 Collusion to sell SC of Appeals VA
Cheek v. Bellows 17 Tex. 613 1856 0 Common property dispute Texas
Babin v. Nolan 6 Rob. 508 1844 0 Community property, compensation, divorce, mortgages Louisiana
Foster v. Ferguson 1 La. Ann. 262 1846 0 Community property, conflict of laws, usufruct, successions, capacity, tutorship Louisiana
Gonor v. Gonor 11 Rob. 526 1845 0 Community property, consideration, privileges, sales, parol evidence, contracts Louisiana
Newson v. Adams 3 La. 231 1832 0 Community property, damages, successions, conflict of laws, contracts Louisiana
Dickerman v. Reagan 2 La. Ann. 440 1847 0 Community property, debts, agency, conflict of laws Louisiana
McIntosh v. Smith 2 La. Ann. 756 1847 0 Community property, debts, sales, warranty, prescription, fraud Louisiana
De Blanc v. Mouton 9 Rob. 48 1844 0 Community property, debts, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 12 La. 394 1838 0 Community property, fraud, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Clark v. Christine 4 Rob. 196 1843 0 Community property, fraud, privileges, partition Louisiana
Fontenot v. Her Husband 2 La. Ann. 780 1847 0 Community property, intervenor, sales, successions, tutorship, partition Louisiana
Guerin v. Rivarde 8 Rob. 457 1844 0 Community property, marriage, partition, res judicata Louisiana
Fisher v. Fisher 2 La. Ann. 774 1847 0 Community property, mortgages, intervenor, privileges, trusts, conflict of laws, domicile Louisiana
Chabert v. Beard 12 La. 397 1846 0 Community property, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Community property, mortgages, seizure, sales, recordation, debts Louisiana