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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Sam v. State 31 Miss. 480 1856 0 Mississippi
Cabaniss v. Clark 31 Miss. 423 1856 0 Mississippi
Harrington v. O'Reilly 17 Miss. 216 1848 0 Mississippi
Jennings v. Dennis 14 Miss. 379 1846 0 Mississippi
Newell v. Cowan 30 Miss. 492 1855 0 Mississippi
Hoover v. Wells 39 Miss. 445 1860 0 Mississippi
Garnett v. Cowles 39 Miss. 60 1860 0 Mississippi
Hoover v. Pierce 26 Miss. 627 1854 0 Mississippi
Cooper v. Newell 36 Miss. 316 1858 0 Mississippi
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Mississippi
Hardy v. Thomas 23 Miss. 544 1852 0 Mississippi
Weathersby v. Weathersby 39 Miss. 652 1861 0 Mississippi
Harvey v. Edington 25 Miss. 22 1852 0 Mississippi
Hubert v. McGahey 1 Miss. 246 1826 0 Mississippi
Olive v. Walton 33 Miss. 103 1857 0 Mississippi
Nabors v. McKay 27 Miss. 799 1854 0 Mississippi
Melvin v. Lyons 18 Miss. 78 1848 0 Mississippi
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
Butler v. Spann 27 Miss. 234 1854 0 Mississippi
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Mississippi