Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Guerrant v. Smith 48 Miss. 90 1873 1 Mississippi
Nichols v. Denny 37 Miss. 59 1859 1 Mississippi
Sheehan v. Kearney 82 Miss. 688 1903 1 Mississippi
Bruce v. State 138 Miss. 382 1925 1 Mississippi
Watts v. Gunn 53 Miss. 502 1876 1 Mississippi
Hodnett v. Hodnett 269 So. 3d 317 2018 1 Mississippi
O'Conner v. Ward 60 Miss. 1025 1883 1 Mississippi
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad v. Adams 85 Miss. 772 1904 1 Mississippi
Brown v. State 88 Miss. 166 1906 1 Mississippi
Somerville v. Mayes 54 Miss. 31 1876 1 Mississippi
Porter v. State 1 Miss. Dec. 555 1884 1 Mississippi
House v. Callicott 83 Miss. 506 1903 1 Mississippi
Pigott v. Pigott 112 Miss. 873 1916 1 Mississippi
Southern Railway Co. v. McLellan 80 Miss. 700 1902 1 Mississippi
McWilliams v. Norfleet 63 Miss. 183 1885 1 Mississippi
Ainsworth v. Blakeney 232 Miss. 297 1957 1 Mississippi
Ainsworth v. Smith 157 Miss. 202 1930 1 Mississippi
Blount v. Phillips 142 Miss. 286 1926 1 Mississippi
Staple Cotton Co-op. Ass'n v. Hemphill 142 Miss. 298 1926 1 Mississippi
Lamar Hardwood Co. v. Case 143 Miss. 277 1926 1 Mississippi