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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
James v. Kirk 29 Miss. 206 1855 0 Mississippi
Beck v. Rainey 28 Miss. 111 1854 0 Mississippi
Farrar v. Gaillard's Admr. 1 Miss. 269 1827 0 Mississippi
Atchison v. Potter 14 Miss. 120 1846 0 Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Mississippi
Jordan v. Thomas 34 Miss. 72 1857 0 Mississippi
Hemphill v. Hemphill 34 Miss. 68 1857 0 Mississippi
Leech v. Cooley 14 Miss. 93 1846 0 Mississippi
Selph v. Howland 23 Miss. 264 1852 0 Mississippi
Thompson v. Ross 26 Miss. 198 1853 0 Mississippi
Keirn v. Carson 20 Miss. 431 1849 0 Mississippi
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Mississippi
Mason v. Moody 26 Miss. 184 1853 0 Mississippi
Battaile v. Fisher 36 Miss. 321 1858 0 Mississippi
Miller v. Pickens 26 Miss. 182 1853 0 Mississippi
Kohlheim v. Harrison 34 Miss. 457 1857 0 Mississippi
Johnson v. Miller 33 Miss. 553 1857 0 Mississippi
Johnson v. Nations 26 Miss. 147 1853 0 Mississippi
Reynolds v. Walker 29 Miss. 250 1855 0 Mississippi
Green v. Creighton 18 Miss. 159 1848 0 Mississippi