Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Ross v. Vertner 6 Miss. 305 1840 0 Mississippi
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 Mississippi
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Mississippi
Jones v. Leake 19 Miss. 591 1848 0 Mississippi
Walker v. Fuqua 24 Miss. 640 1852 0 Mississippi
Coleman v. Rives 24 Miss. 634 1852 0 Mississippi
Benson v. Benson 24 Miss. 625 1852 0 Mississippi
Coffee v. Planters' Bank ex rel. Winans 19 Miss. 458 1848 0 Mississippi
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Mississippi
Stewart v. Burkhalter 28 Miss. 396 1854 0 Mississippi
Work v. Harper 31 Miss. 107 1856 0 Mississippi
Williamson v. Williamson 11 Miss. 715 1844 0 Mississippi
Rucker v. Lambdin 20 Miss. 230 1849 0 Mississippi
Friley v. White 31 Miss. 442 1856 0 Mississippi
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Mississippi
Merrill v. Moore's Heirs 8 Miss. 271 1843 0 Mississippi
Carradine v. Collins 15 Miss. 428 1846 0 Mississippi
Goss v. Whitehead 33 Miss. 213 1857 0 Mississippi
McNutt ex rel. Moore v. Livingston 15 Miss. 641 1846 0 Mississippi
Brown v. Smith 6 Miss. 387 1841 0 Mississippi