Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Stephens v. Beaver Dam Drainage Dist. 123 Miss. 884 1920 1 Mississippi
Stapleton v. State 130 Miss. 737 1922 1 Mississippi
Harper v. Archer 17 Miss. 71 1847 1 Mississippi
Murdoch v. Murdoch 97 Miss. 690 1910 1 Mississippi
Courtenay v. Courtenay 90 Miss. 181 1907 1 Mississippi
Garner v. Lansford 20 Miss. 558 1849 1 Mississippi
Mitchell v. Sherman 1 Freem. Ch. 120 1844 1 Mississippi
Wilson v. Cox 50 Miss. 133 1874 1 Mississippi
Minor v. Russell 126 Miss. 228 1921 1 Mississippi
Croft v. Alder 237 Miss. 713 1959 1 Mississippi
McElveen v. McElveen 233 Miss. 672 1958 1 Mississippi
Sadler v. Lee 232 Miss. 349 1957 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Copiah County 232 Miss. 838 1958 1 Mississippi
Shields v. State 244 Miss. 543 1962 1 Mississippi
Sam v. State 21 Miss. 189 1849 1 Mississippi
Oakes v. State 98 Miss. 80 1910 1 Mississippi
Farned v. Harris 19 Miss. 366 1848 1 Mississippi
Brown, Bros. v. Bank of Mississippi 31 Miss. 454 1856 1 Mississippi
Richardson v. Marqueze 59 Miss. 80 1881 1 Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi