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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Mississippi
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Mississippi
Van Buren v. State 24 Miss. 512 1852 0 Mississippi
Waul v. Kirkman 25 Miss. 609 1853 0 Mississippi
Raymond v. State 54 Miss. 562 1877 1 Mississippi
Keirn v. Carson 20 Miss. 431 1849 0 Mississippi
Lewis v. Lusk 35 Miss. 696 1858 0 Mississippi
Barry v. Barry 198 Miss. 677 1945 1 Mississippi
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Mississippi
Peck v. Glass 7 Miss. 195 1842 0 Mississippi
Whitney ex rel. Stewart v. Whitney 15 Miss. 740 1846 0 Mississippi
Gilpin v. Smith 19 Miss. 109 1848 0 Mississippi
Moore v. Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad 59 Miss. 243 1881 1 Mississippi
Blue v. Watson 59 Miss. 619 1882 1 Mississippi
Goddard v. Long 13 Miss. 782 1846 0 Mississippi
Whitley v. Stephenson 38 Miss. 113 1859 0 Mississippi
Whitfield v. Whitfield 40 Miss. 352 1866 0 Mississippi
Joor v. Williams 38 Miss. 546 1860 0 Mississippi
Byrd v. Wells 40 Miss. 711 1866 0 Mississippi
Carter v. Graves 7 Miss. 9 1841 0 Mississippi