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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Thompson v. Mylne 6 La. Ann. 80 1851 0 Louisiana
White v. Holsten 4 Mart. (o.s.) 471 1816 0 Louisiana
Allen v. Tarlton 22 La. Ann. 427 1870 0 Louisiana
Mourain v. Poydras 6 La. Ann. 151 1851 0 Louisiana
Duncan v. Helm 22 La. Ann. 418 1870 0 Louisiana
Cotton v. Brien 6 Rob. 115 1843 0 Louisiana
State v. Fornea 242 La. 978 1962 1 Louisiana
State v. Fornea 140 So. 2d 381 1962 1 Louisiana
State v. McCarthy 43 La. Ann. 541 1891 1 Louisiana
State v. Melerine 236 La. 881 1959 1 Louisiana
State v. Melerine 236 La. 929 1959 1 Louisiana
State v. Melerine 109 So. 2d 454 1959 1 Louisiana
State v. Melerine 109 So. 2d 471 1959 1 Louisiana
James ex rel. James, v. Rapides Lumber Co. 50 La. Ann. 717 1898 1 Louisiana
Simmons v. Doullut & Ewin, Inc. 145 So. 708 1933 1 Louisiana
Succession of Stafford 12 La. 178 1845 0 Louisiana
Cable v. Bossier 4 La. 558 1832 0 Louisiana
Gorman v. Lee 4 La. 305 1832 0 Louisiana
Gourjon v. Cucullu 4 La. 115 1832 0 Louisiana
Canty v. Beal 17 La. 282 1841 0 Louisiana