Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Gross v. State 191 Miss. 383 1941 1 Mississippi
Watts v. State 210 Miss. 236 1950 1 Mississippi
Gilmore v. State 225 Miss. 173 1955 1 Mississippi
Freeman v. State 228 Miss. 687 1956 1 Mississippi
Dooley v. State 238 Miss. 16 1960 1 Mississippi
King v. State 251 Miss. 161 1964 1 Mississippi
Elliott v. State 183 So. 2d 805 1966 1 Mississippi
Bennett v. State 197 So. 2d 886 1967 1 Mississippi
Boyles v. State 223 So. 2d 651 1969 1 Mississippi
Gilleylen v. State 255 So. 2d 661 1971 1 Mississippi
Biddy v. State 277 So. 2d 115 1973 1 Mississippi
White v. State 306 So. 2d 299 1975 1 Mississippi
Kirkland v. State 371 So. 2d 402 1979 1 Mississippi
Still v. Davidson 51 Miss. 153 1875 1 Mississippi
Troup v. Rice 55 Miss. 278 1877 1 Mississippi
Bailey v. Fitz-Gerald 56 Miss. 578 1879 1 Mississippi
Fitz-Gerald v. Bailey 58 Miss. 658 1881 1 Mississippi
Cohn v. Winslow 115 Miss. 275 1917 1 Mississippi
Brandon v. Interstate Life & Accident Ins. 149 Miss. 808 1928 1 Mississippi
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi