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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Downey v. Stacey 1 La. Ann. 426 1846 0 Bailment, torts Louisiana
Selby v. Gibson 3 La. Ann. 209 1848 0 Bankruptcy, promissory notes, prescription, property, sales, simulation, witness testimony Louisiana
State v. George 8 Rob. 535 1844 0 Battery, capital punishment, prescription Louisiana
Marionneaux v. Police Jury 23 La. Ann. 251 1871 0 Bonds Louisiana
Graham v. Burckhalter 2 La. Ann. 415 1847 0 Bonds, attachment, perepmtion, debts Louisiana
Morgan v. Mitchell 3 Mart. (n.s.) 576 1825 0 Bonds, damages, criminal law, custody, runaway enslaved person, fees, felony Louisiana
Hobgood v. Brown 2 La. Ann. 323 1847 0 Bonds, fieri facias, sales, seizure, property, fraud, simulation, contracts, privileges Louisiana
Bank of Louisiana v. Farrar 1 La. Ann. 49 1846 0 Bonds, mortgages, community property, contracts, capacity, obligations Louisiana
Hunter's Syndics v. Hunter 12 Mart. (o.s.) 1 1822 0 Bonds, obligations, penalties Louisiana
Gayoso v. Wikoff 4 La. 302 1832 0 Bonds, property, sequestration, obligations, delivery Louisiana
Meeker v. Commissioners of the Clinton & Port Hudson Railroad 2 La. Ann. 971 1847 0 Bonds, sales, property, mortgages, stocks, privileges, obligations, promissory notes, contracts, seizure Louisiana
Jones v. Moore 11 La. Ann. 616 1856 0 Bonds, Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Flint v. Wells 4 La. 537 1832 0 Bonds, successions, damages, property, negligence, agency Louisiana
Singleton v. Smith 4 La. 430 1832 0 Bonds, suretyship, sales, fieri facias, seizure, parol evidence Louisiana
Montgomery v. Russell 10 La. 330 1836 0 Bonds, suretyship, seizure, libel, conflict of laws, property, privileges, sales Louisiana
Newport Ltd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. CIVIL ACTION NO. 86-2319 SECTION 'K', 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18064, at *10-13 (E.D. La. Nov. 21, 1995) 1995 1 breach of contract etc. Louisiana
Knox v. Thompson 12 La. Ann. 114 1857 0 Breach of contract, recovery of damages, specific performance Louisiana
Riddle v. Kreinbiehl 12 La. Ann. 297 1857 0 Capacity, estates, debts, successions, redhibition Louisiana
Van Wick v. Rist 14 La. Ann. 56 1859 0 Capacity, wills, executors Louisiana
Mathurin v. Livaudais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 301 1827 0 Capacity, wills, property, emancipation, trusts, donations Louisiana