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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Melvin v. Lyons 18 Miss. 78 1848 0 Mississippi
Ross v. Wilson 15 Miss. 753 1846 0 Mississippi
Hester v. Hooker 15 Miss. 768 1846 0 Mississippi
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
Carroll v. Renich 15 Miss. 798 1846 0 Mississippi
Cason v. Hubbard 38 Miss. 35 1859 0 Mississippi
Ingram v. War 13 Miss. 746 1846 0 Mississippi
Sims v. Hundly 3 Miss. 896 1838 0 Mississippi
Davidson v. Moss 6 Miss. 673 1841 0 Mississippi
Falconer v. Holland 13 Miss. 689 1846 0 Mississippi
Sellars v. Kelly 45 Miss. 323 1871 0 Mississippi
Bullit v. Thatcher 6 Miss. 689 1841 0 Mississippi
Hoover v. Brem 43 Miss. 603 1871 0 Mississippi
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Mississippi
James v. Dowell 15 Miss. 333 1846 0 Mississippi
Gayden v. Marshall 16 Miss. 489 1847 0 Mississippi
Perry v. Clarke 6 Miss. 495 1841 0 Mississippi
Baldwin v. Conger 17 Miss. 516 1848 0 Mississippi
Payne v. Green 18 Miss. 507 1848 0 Mississippi
Rankin v. Holloway 11 Miss. 614 1844 0 Mississippi