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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Voorhies v. DeBlanc 12 La. Ann. 864 1857 0 Creditor's rights, property, inheritance, successions Louisiana
Daret v. Gray 12 La. Ann. 394 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 False confessions, murder, criminal law Louisiana
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
Virgin v. Dawson 15 La. Ann. 532 1860 0 Promissory Note, Sale of Enslaved Person Louisiana
Decuir v. Lejeune 15 La. Ann. 569 1860 0 Contracts, Wills, Property Louisiana
Morris v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 404 1860 0 Sale of enslaved person, promissory notes, "defective" slave Louisiana
Watson v. James 15 La. Ann. 386 1860 0 Promissory Notes, Property, Sales, Louisiana
Tom v. Ernest 15 La. Ann. 44 1860 0 Property, Successions, Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Parish Court 15 La. 531 1840 0 Partnerships, sales, property, fraud, privileges, simulation, criminal law Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 17 La. 194 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Jourdan v. Virgil 5 La. 40 1850 0 Sales, redhibition Louisiana
Borel v. Fusillier 2 La. 567 1831 0 Sales, contracts Louisiana
Delamour v. Roger 7 La. Ann. 152 1852 0 Partnerships, contracts, property Louisiana
Succession of Plunkett 12 La. Ann. 558 1857 0 Successions, debts, estates, partition, property Louisiana
Carrollton Bank v. Cleveland 15 La. Ann. 616 1860 0 Property, Secured Transactions Louisiana
De L'Homme v. De Kerlegand 4 La. 353 1832 0 Property, promissory notes, successions, debts, fraud, sales, simulation, intervention, parol evidence, property Louisiana
Childers v. Johnson 6 La. Ann. 634 1851 0 Successions, property, community property Louisiana
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
Heres v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 586 1851 0 Sales, taxes Louisiana