Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Coffee v. Planters' Bank ex rel. Winans 19 Miss. 458 1848 0 Mississippi
Benson v. Benson 24 Miss. 625 1852 0 Mississippi
Wade v. American Colonization Society 15 Miss. 663 1846 0 Mississippi
Tillman v. Cowand 20 Miss. 262 1849 0 Mississippi
Coleman v. Rives 24 Miss. 634 1852 0 Mississippi
Berry v. Bacon 28 Miss. 318 1854 0 Mississippi
Walker v. Fuqua 24 Miss. 640 1852 0 Mississippi
Jones v. Leake 19 Miss. 591 1848 0 Mississippi
Tunstall v. Walker 10 Miss. 638 1844 0 Mississippi
State v. McGraw 1 Miss. 208 1825 0 Mississippi
Shanks v. Chambless 1 Miss. 249 1827 0 Mississippi
Townsend v. Odam 1 Miss. 356 1829 0 Mississippi
King v. Cooper 1 Miss. 359 1829 0 Mississippi
Turnbull v. Middleton 1 Miss. 413 1831 0 Mississippi
Wells v. Mitchell 39 Miss. 800 1861 0 Mississippi
Mercer v. Stark 1 Miss. 451 1831 0 Mississippi
Goodwin v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 257 1872 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 392 1872 0 Mississippi
Meek v. Perry 36 Miss. 190 1858 0 Mississippi
Grant v. Lloyd 20 Miss. 191 1849 0 Mississippi