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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Dorsey v. Phelan 1 Rob. 28 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Dorsey v. Harding 1 Rob. 132 1841 0 Community property, property, seizure, sales, damages Louisiana
Criswell v. Seay 19 La. 528 1841 0 Community property, property, successions Louisiana
Broussard v. Bernard 7 La. 211 1834 0 Community property, property, successions, sales, debts Louisiana
Bonin v. Eyssaline 12 Mart. (o.s.) 185 1822 0 Community property, property, warranty, sales, contracts, damages, partition Louisiana
Mitchel v. Jewel 10 Mart. (o.s.) 645 1822 0 Community property, redhibition, fraud, evidence, witness testimony, sales, robbery, runaway enslaved person, mortgages, privileges Louisiana
Cassou v. Blanque 3 Mart. (o.s.) 390 1814 0 Community property, sales, property, lien, seizure, restitution, mortgages Louisiana
Planters' Bank v. Lanusse 12 Mart. (o.s.) 157 1822 0 Community property, sales, property, partnerships, debts, promissory notes, fraud, syndic Louisiana
Bertie v. Walker 1 Rob. 431 1842 0 Community property, sales, seizure Louisiana
Stafford v. Mead 9 Rob. 142 1844 0 Community property, sales, seizure, mortgages, damages, privileges Louisiana
Stewart v. Pickard 10 Rob. 18 1845 0 Community property, sales, successions, prescription, donations Louisiana
Sanders v. Carson 2 La. Ann. 393 1847 0 Community property, seizure, mortgages, successions, sales, privileges, debts Louisiana
State v. Judge of the First Judicial District 2 Rob. 395 1842 0 Community property, sequestration, property, suretyship Louisiana
Frederic v. Frederic 10 Mart. (o.s.) 188 1821 0 Community property, successions, donations, property, usufruct, debts Louisiana
Broussard v. Broussard 11 Rob. 445 1845 0 Community property, successions, fieri facias Louisiana
Depas v. Riez 2 La. Ann. 30 1847 0 Community property, successions, privileges, debts, division in kind, promissory notes, usufruct Louisiana
Lawrence v. Guice 9 Rob. 219 1844 0 Community property, successions, privileges, syndic Louisiana
Vitrac v. Rey 2 La. Ann. 824 1847 0 Community property, successions, sales Louisiana
Robinett v. Compton 2 La. Ann. 846 1847 0 Community property, successions, sales, damages, title, good faith possessors, mortgages, warranty Louisiana
Handy v. Sterling 1 La. Ann. 308 1846 0 Community property, successions, sales, mortgages, privileges, debts Louisiana