Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Mississippi
Denson v. Denson 203 Miss. 146 1948 1 Mississippi
Flegg v. State 202 Miss. 179 1947 1 Mississippi
Stokely v. Cooper 150 Miss. 143 1928 1 Mississippi
Bridges v. State 197 Miss. 527 1944 1 Mississippi
Buford v. State 146 Miss. 66 1927 1 Mississippi
Orne v. Sullivan 4 Miss. 161 1839 1 Mississippi
Cook v. Lindsey 34 Miss. 451 1857 1 Mississippi
Rockwell v. Watkins 522 So. 2d 731 1988 1 Mississippi
Courtenay v. Courtenay 90 Miss. 181 1907 1 Mississippi
Ham v. Ham 146 Miss. 161 1926 1 Mississippi
Rives v. McNeil 127 Miss. 839 1921 1 Mississippi
Jefferson v. State 52 Miss. 767 1876 1 Mississippi
Reed v. State 171 Miss. 65 1934 1 Mississippi
Cocks v. Simmons 57 Miss. 183 1879 1 Mississippi
Woodruff v. State 77 Miss. 68 1899 1 Mississippi
Lemonius & Co. v. D. Mayer & Son 71 Miss. 514 1893 1 Mississippi
Sledge v. Boone 57 Miss. 222 1879 1 Mississippi
Green v. Gaston 56 Miss. 748 1879 1 Mississippi
Howell v. Gibson 30 Miss. 464 1855 1 Mississippi