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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Mayes v. Smith 11 Rob. 503 1845 0 Louisiana
Mayes v. Smith 11 Rob. 505 1845 0 Louisiana
Bertholi v. Deverges 4 Rob. 431 1843 0 Louisiana
Esneault v. Cooley 16 La. Ann. 165 1861 0 Louisiana
Gonor v. Gonor 11 Rob. 526 1845 0 Louisiana
Lacoste v. Sellick 1 La. Ann. 336 1846 0 Louisiana
Lallande v. McRae 16 La. Ann. 193 1861 0 Louisiana
Knight v. Murchison 1 Rob. 31 1841 0 Louisiana
Sturges v. Sheriff 14 La. Ann. 231 1859 0 Louisiana
Underwood v. Lacapère 14 La. Ann. 276 1859 0 Louisiana
LeBlanc v. Bertant 16 La. Ann. 294 1861 0 Louisiana
Spalding v. Taylor 1 La. Ann. 195 1846 0 Louisiana
Baird v. Livingston 1 Rob. 182 1841 0 Louisiana
Marks v. Witkouski 16 La. Ann. 341 1861 0 Louisiana
Succession of Pratt 16 La. Ann. 357 1861 0 Louisiana
McMurphy v. Bell 16 La. Ann. 369 1861 0 Louisiana
Erwin v. Lowry 1 La. Ann. 276 1846 0 Louisiana
Watt v. Rice 1 La. Ann. 280 1846 0 Louisiana
Handy v. Sterling 1 La. Ann. 308 1846 0 Louisiana
Copley v. Ross 1 La. Ann. 310 1846 0 Louisiana