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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Van Ostern v. Simmons 15 La. Ann. 302 1860 0 Donations, Wills, Contracts Louisiana
Buie v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 440 1860 0 Recovery from sale of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person, death of enslaved person, warranty on sale of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Gore 15 La. Ann. 79 1860 0 Torts, Property Louisiana
Atkinson v. Atkinson 15 La. Ann. 491 1860 0 Property, Marriage, Secured Transactions Louisiana
State v. Solomon 15 La. Ann. 463 1860 0 Criminal Law, Acquittal, Punishments Louisiana
Callaway v. Bobo 15 La. Ann. 467 1860 0 Property, Runaway Slaves Louisiana
Baines v. J. W. Burbridge & Co. 15 La. Ann. 628 1860 0 Marriage, Judgment, Debts Louisiana
State v. Gutierrez 15 La. Ann. 190 1860 0 Criminal law, Constitutional interpretation, right to a jury Louisiana
Bach v. Hall 3 La. 116 1831 0 Sales, delivery, possessory action, petitory action, parol evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Valsain v. Cloutier 3 La. 170 1831 0 Wills, debts, legitimacy, renunciation, property, successions, fraud, lesion, res judicara, filiation, prescription, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Strawbridge v. Turner 8 La. 537 1835 0 Torts, runaway enslaved person, liability, damages Louisiana
Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278 1840 0 Torts, slander, jury instructions, malice, evidence, witness testimony, damages Louisiana
Wheeler v. Campbell 12 Cal. App. 707 1910 Trusts and Estates California
McMillan v. Greer 85 Cal. App. 558 1927 1 California
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Michigan
Smith v. Winder 98 Cal. App. 2d 78 1950 1 California
Stonestreet v. Southern Oil Co. 226 N.C. 261 1946 1 North Carolina
Kitchen v. Herring 42 N.C. 190 1851 1 North Carolina
Testa v. Katt 330 U.S. 386 1947 1 United States
Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn 420 U.S. 469 1975 1 United States