Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Delassize 8 Rob. 259 1844 1 Louisiana
Perkins v. State 160 Miss. 720 1931 1 Mississippi
State v. Parish Judge of Plaquemines 11 Rob. 285 1845 1 Louisiana
Tarkaney v. Commonwealth 240 Ky. 790 1931 1 Kentucky
Gipson v. State 162 Miss. 480 1932 1 Mississippi
Succession of Macarty 2 La. Ann. 979 1847 1 Louisiana
Whittaker v. State 169 Miss. 517 1932 1 Mississippi
Brooks v. State 178 Miss. 575 1937 1 Mississippi
Forte v. United States 94 F.2d 236 1937 1 United States
Gross v. State 191 Miss. 383 1941 1 Mississippi
People v. Buchalter 289 N.Y. 181 1942 1 New York
Watts v. State 210 Miss. 236 1950 1 Mississippi
United States v. Isenberg 2 C.M.A. 349 1953 1 United States
State v. Nelson 49 Del. 300 1955 1 Delaware
Bennett v. Mechanics' & Traders' Bank 34 La. 150 1882 1 Louisiana
Weaver v. Toney 107 Ky. 419 1899 1 Kentucky
Gilmore v. State 225 Miss. 173 1955 1 Mississippi
Nelson v. State 50 Del. 96 1956 1 Delaware
Freeman v. State 228 Miss. 687 1956 1 Mississippi
Dooley v. State 238 Miss. 16 1960 1 Mississippi