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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lanier v. Booth 50 Miss. 410 1874 1 Mississippi
Laughman v. Thompson 14 Miss. 259 1846 1 Mississippi
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Attempted murder by 3 enslaved persons Mississippi
Lavigne v. Russ 36 Miss. 326 1858 0 Replevin of slaves distrained for rent Mississippi
Lawrence Lumber Co v. Lyon 93 Miss. 859 1908 1 Mississippi
Lawrence v. Hand 23 Miss. 103 1851 1 Mississippi
Lawson v. Bonner 88 Miss. 235 1906 1 Mississippi
Lawson v. Dean 144 Miss. 309 1926 1 Mississippi
Lawson v. Jeffries 47 Miss. 686 1873 1 Mississippi
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Entitlement to alimony after divorce Mississippi
Lay v. Nutt 194 Miss. 83 1943 1 Mississippi
Leach v. Blow 16 Miss. 221 1847 1 Mississippi
Leach v. Shelby 58 Miss. 681 1881 1 Mississippi
Learned v. Collins 109 Miss. 788 1915 1 Mississippi
Learned v. Corley 43 Miss. 687 1871 1 Mississippi
Learned v. Matthews 40 Miss. 210 1866 1 Mississippi
Leathers v. Fred O. Howe & Co. 108 Miss. 1 1914 1 Mississippi
Lea v. Guice 21 Miss. 656 1850 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Lea v. State 64 Miss. 201 1886 1 Mississippi
Ledyard v. Henderson, Terry & Co. 46 Miss. 260 1871 1 Mississippi