Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Melins v. Horne 29 Ga. 536 1859 1 Georgia
Melius v. Houston 41 Miss. 59 1866 1 Mississippi
Mellen v. Mellen 10 Abb. N. Cas. 329 1882 1 New York
Mellinger v. Mayor & Aldermen of Houston 68 Tex. 37 1887 1 Texas
Mellinger v. Mellinger 73 Ohio St. 221 1906 1 Ohio
Melody v. Hamblin 21 Tenn. App. 687 1937 1 Tennessee
Melson v. Dickson 63 Ga. 682 1879 1 Georgia
Melson v. Doe on demise of Cooper 31 Va. 408 1833 1 Virginia
Melson v. Travis 133 Ga. 710 1910 1 Georgia
Melton Hardware Co. v. Heidelberg 91 Miss. 598 1907 1 Mississippi
Melton v. Camp 121 Ga. 693 1905 1 Georgia
Melton v. Cherokee Oil & Gas Co. 67 Okla. 247 1917 1 Oklahoma
Melton v. Helms 83 Ga. App. 71 1950 1 Georgia
Melton v. Howard 8 Miss. 103 1843 0 Mississippi
Melton v. McKesson 35 N.C. 475 1852 0 North Carolina
Melton v. Melton 270 Ala. 708 1960 1 Alabama
Melton v. Smith 65 Mo. 315 1877 1 Missouri
Melton v. Watkins 24 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Melvin v. Bullard 82 N.C. 33 1880 1 North Carolina
Melvin v. Chancy 8 Tex. Civ. App. 252 1894 1 Texas