Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Oliphant v. Town of Lake Providence 193 La. 675 1939 1 Louisiana
Oliphant v. Town of Lake Providence 192 So. 95 1939 1 Louisiana
Valence v. State 280 So. 2d 651 1973 1 Louisiana
The Schooner Adeline & Cargo 13 U.S. 244 1815 1 United States
Matthews v. Matthews 220 So. 2d 246 1969 1 Louisiana
Smith v. Scholtz 68 N.Y. 41 1877 1 New York
Eisberg v. Shultz 38 N.J. Eq. 293 1884 1 New Jersey
Levy v. Michon Bros. 142 La. 825 1918 1 Louisiana
Interdiction of Wenger 147 La. 422 1920 1 Louisiana
State v. Guidry 160 La. 655 1926 1 Louisiana
Collins v. Superior Court 48 Ariz. 381 1936 1 Arizona
Brumfield v. Brumfield 178 So. 2d 379 1965 1 Louisiana
Sciortino v. Sciortino 250 La. 727 1967 1 Louisiana
Sciortino v. Sciortino 198 So. 2d 905 1967 1 Louisiana
Trahan v. Petroleum Casualty Co. 250 La. 949 1967 1 Louisiana
Trahan v. Petroleum Casualty Co. 200 So. 2d 6 1967 1 Louisiana
Messina v. Koch Industries, Inc. 273 So. 2d 275 1973 1 Louisiana
Keating v. Cambre 407 So. 2d 787 1981 1 Louisiana
Hollon v. Hopkins 21 Kan. 638 1879 1 Kansas
In re Cross 146 U.S. 271 1892 1 United States