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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Harrell v. Harrell 12 La. Ann. 549 1857 0 Louisiana
Van Ostern v. Simmons 15 La. Ann. 302 1860 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
Hoffman v. Allnet 7 Teiss. 54 1909 1 Louisiana
Succession of Macarty 2 La. Ann. 979 1847 1 Louisiana
Crowley Lumber Co. v. Plaffer 4 La. App. 606 1925 1 Louisiana
Maddox v. Robbert 165 La. 694 1928 1 Louisiana
State v. Parish Judge of Plaquemines 11 Rob. 285 1845 1 Louisiana
Gaines v. Fitzgibbons 168 La. 260 1929 1 Louisiana
Calhoun v. David Burk Co. 153 So. 568 1934 1 Louisiana
Succession of Delassize 8 Rob. 259 1844 1 Louisiana
Frichter v. St. Bernard Shooting Center, Inc. 602 So. 2d 116 1992 1 Louisiana
Shepherd v. Orleans Cotton Press Co. 2 La. Ann. 100 1847 1 Louisiana
St. Landry Lumber Co. v. Mayor of Bunkie 155 La. 892 1924 1 Louisiana