Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Staton v. Bryant 55 Miss. 261 1877 1 Mississippi
Ferguson v. Shepherd 58 Miss. 804 1881 1 Mississippi
Weems v. Love Manufacturing Co. 74 Miss. 831 1897 1 Mississippi
Sledge v. Dickson 81 Miss. 501 1902 1 Mississippi
Fort v. Battle 21 Miss. 133 1849 1 Mississippi
Prestige v. Pendleton 28 Miss. 379 1854 1 Mississippi
Loftin v. State 19 Miss. 358 1848 1 Mississippi
Wharton v. State 41 Miss. 680 1868 1 Mississippi
Wharton v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1527 1872 1 Mississippi
Loftin v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 420 1872 1 Mississippi
Lake v. Hastings 24 Miss. 490 1852 1 Mississippi
Pass v. Grenada County 71 Miss. 426 1893 1 Mississippi
Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees v. Stewart 135 Miss. 331 1924 1 Mississippi
Greenwood v. Ligon 18 Miss. 615 1848 1 Mississippi
Martin v. Terrell 20 Miss. 571 1849 1 Mississippi
Rice v. Maxwell 21 Miss. 289 1850 1 Mississippi
Franklin v. Beatty 27 Miss. 347 1854 1 Mississippi
Hoover v. Pierce 27 Miss. 13 1854 1 Mississippi
Kountz v. Price 40 Miss. 341 1866 1 Mississippi
Alig v. Lackey 114 Miss. 392 1917 1 Mississippi