Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Murphy v. State 28 Miss. 637 1855 0 Mississippi
Harrington v. O'Reilly 17 Miss. 216 1848 0 Mississippi
Hoy v. Taliaferro 16 Miss. 727 1847 0 Mississippi
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Mississippi
Moseby v. Williams 6 Miss. 520 1841 0 Mississippi
Wash v. State 22 Miss. 120 1850 0 Mississippi
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Mississippi
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Mississippi
Luckey v. Dykes 10 Miss. 60 1843 0 Mississippi
McDaniel v. Johns 45 Miss. 632 1871 0 Mississippi
McWillie v. Van Vacter 35 Miss. 428 1858 0 Mississippi
Currie v. Murphy 35 Miss. 473 1858 0 Mississippi
Conner v. Hull 36 Miss. 424 1858 0 Mississippi
Heirn v. Bridault 37 Miss. 209 1859 0 Mississippi
Simon v. State 37 Miss. 288 1859 0 Mississippi
Minor v. State 36 Miss. 630 1859 0 Mississippi
Wade v. American Colonization Society 15 Miss. 663 1846 0 Mississippi
Doty v. Mitchell 17 Miss. 435 1848 0 Mississippi
Petrie’s Executors v. Wright 14 Miss. 647 1846 0 Mississippi
Wilkinson v. Cook 44 Miss. 367 1870 0 Mississippi