Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
McLeod v. Johnson 28 Miss. 374 1854 0 Mississippi
Byrne v. Anderson 18 Miss. 81 1848 0 Mississippi
Murphy v. State 28 Miss. 637 1855 0 Mississippi
Harrington v. O'Reilly 17 Miss. 216 1848 0 Mississippi
State v. Alston 113 N.C. 666 1893 1 North Carolina
Hoy v. Taliaferro 16 Miss. 727 1847 0 Mississippi
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Mississippi
Moseby v. Williams 6 Miss. 520 1841 0 Mississippi
Wash v. State 22 Miss. 120 1850 0 Mississippi
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Mississippi
Rail v. Dotson 22 Miss. 176 1850 0 Mississippi
Luckey v. Dykes 10 Miss. 60 1843 0 Mississippi
Robertson v. Garrett 72 Tex. 372 1888 1 Texas
Lightfoot’s Executors v. Colgin 19 Va. 42 1813 0 SC of Appeals VA
Thompson v. Tryon 66 Vt. 191 1894 1 Vermont
Hooks v. Mayo 94 N.C. App. 657 1989 1 North Carolina
Frey v. Ramsour 66 N.C. 466 1872 1 North Carolina
Eastman v. Littlefield 164 Ill. 124 1896 1 Illinois
Dunn v. Œttinger Bros. 148 N.C. 276 1908 1 North Carolina
Rush v. McPherson 176 N.C. 562 1918 1 North Carolina