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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Barth 152 So. 543 1934 1 Louisiana
Lejeune v. Lejeune 184 La. 837 1936 1 Louisiana
LeJeune v. LeJeune 167 So. 747 1936 1 Louisiana
Melancon v. Sonnier 157 So. 2d 577 1963 1 Louisiana
Lewis v. Powell 178 So. 2d 769 1965 1 Louisiana
Dempsey v. Frazier 119 Miss. 1 1918 1 Mississippi
State v. Deshotel 674 So. 2d 260 1996 1 Louisiana
Pepper v. Triplet 834 So. 2d 624 2002 1 Louisiana
Elliott v. Mowad 125 So. 2d 461 1960 1 Louisiana
Todd v. Romeu 217 U.S. 150 1910 1 United States
D'Amico v. Canizaro 226 So. 2d 547 1969 1 Louisiana
City of Rawlins v. Jungquist 16 Wyo. 403 1908 1 Wyoming
Succession of Kleinert 125 La. 549 1910 1 Louisiana
City of Rawlins v. Murphy 19 Wyo. 238 1911 1 Wyoming
Alcolea v. Smith 150 La. 481 1922 1 Louisiana
Carite v. Trotot 105 U.S. 751 1881 1 United States
Jones v. Jones 119 La. 677 1907 1 Louisiana
Larose v. Naquin 150 La. 353 1922 1 Louisiana
Pfaff v. Bender 38 F.2d 642 1929 1 United States
Caster v. Miller 39 F. Supp. 120 1941 1 United States