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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Childs v. Pruitt 200 So. 282 1941 1 Louisiana
Kozan v. Comstock 270 F.2d 839 1959 1 United States
Taylor v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. 579 So. 2d 443 1991 1 Louisiana
People v. Petrea 1 N.Y. Crim. 198 1882 1 New York
Hencken v. United States Life Insurance 11 Daly (N.Y.) 282 1882 1 New York
Carpenter v. Cook 128 Cal. 1 1900 1 California
Elston, Prince & McDade, Inc. v. First State Bank of Plain Dealing 140 So. 510 1932 1 Louisiana
Hessmer v. Edenborn 196 La. 575 1940 1 Louisiana
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Johnson 144 La. 735 1919 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Pierre v. Jones 200 La. 808 1942 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Pierre v. Jones 9 So. 2d 42 1942 1 Louisiana
Abernethy v. Wayne County Branch of the State Bank 5 Ohio St. 266 1855 1 Ohio
Breaux v. Breaux 218 La. 795 1950 1 Louisiana
Breaux v. Breaux 51 So. 2d 73 1950 1 Louisiana
State v. Burks 202 La. 167 1942 1 Louisiana
Barry v. Ballard 47 So. 2d 347 1950 1 Louisiana
Authement v. Naquin 26 So. 2d 224 1946 1 Louisiana
State v. Harwood 60 N.C. 228 1864 1 North Carolina
M'Call v. Neely 3 Watts 69 1834 1 Pennsylvania