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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Cane v. Hart 18 La. Ann. 560 1866 0 Warranty of slave Louisiana
Petit v. Grandmont 2 Rob. 283 1842 0 Seizure, sales, promissory notes, mortgages Louisiana
State v. Monasterio 4 La. Ann. 380 1849 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to an enslaved person, subjct matter jurisdiction Louisiana
Succession of Foster 4 La. Ann. 479 1849 0 Successions, mortgages, privileges, Louisiana
King v. Baker 7 La. Ann. 570 1852 0 Sheriff seizure, property, obligations, suretyship, judicial bond Louisiana
Sharp v. Davis 8 La. Ann. 92 1853 0 Promissory notes, sales, employment Louisiana
Hayden v. Nutt 4 La. Ann. 65 1849 0 Marital property, fraud, privileges, wills, domicil, conflict of laws, prescription, contracts, mortgages Louisiana
Laparouse v. Rice 13 La. Ann. 567 1858 0 Murder of enslaved person Louisiana
Boatner v. Wade 14 La. Ann. 695 1859 0 Sequestration, property Louisiana
Lewis v. City of New Orleans 12 La. Ann. 190 1857 0 Negligence, death and imprisonment of enslaved person, police misconduct Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Commercial Bank of New Orleans 10 La. Ann. 735 1855 0 taxes, property Louisiana
Hunter's Syndics v. Hunter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 5 1822 0 Obligations, penalties, delivery, sales, bonds Louisiana
Ogden v. Blackman 3 Mart. (o.s.) 305 1814 0 Injunction, larcentt, criminal law Louisiana
Whann v. Hufty 12 La. Ann. 280 1857 0 Property, seizure, attachments Louisiana
Lafariere v. Sanglair 12 Mart. (o.s.) 399 1822 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person, promissory notes, parol evidence Louisiana
Wood v. Lewis 1 Mart. (n.s.) 594 1823 0 Evidence, default judgment, record Louisiana
Johnson v. Field 5 Mart. (n.s.) 635 1827 0 Petitory action, property, sales Louisiana
Florance v. Yorke 2 La. Ann. 995 1847 0 Garnishment, property, interrogatories, debts Louisiana
Stafford v. Mead 9 Rob. 142 1844 0 Community property, sales, seizure, mortgages, damages, privileges Louisiana
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana