Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Carson v. Percy 57 Miss. 97 1879 1 Mississippi
Nash v. Phillips 2 Miss. Dec. 628 1883 1 Mississippi
Light, Heat & Water Co. v. City of Jackson 73 Miss. 598 1895 1 Mississippi
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Southern Railway Co. 83 Miss. 746 1903 1 Mississippi
Brooks v. Brooks 145 Miss. 845 1927 1 Mississippi
Caldwell v. Willis 57 Miss. 555 1880 1 Mississippi
Kendrick v. Kyle 78 Miss. 278 1900 1 Mississippi
Shaw v. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co. 79 Miss. 670 1901 1 Mississippi
Davenport v. Collins 95 Miss. 358 1909 1 Mississippi
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund v. Walker 7 Miss. 143 1842 1 Mississippi
Perkins v. Swank 43 Miss. 349 1871 1 Mississippi
Robinson v. Noel 49 Miss. 253 1873 1 Mississippi
Bernard v. Elder 50 Miss. 336 1874 1 Mississippi
Morehead v. Chaffe 52 Miss. 161 1876 1 Mississippi
Elmslie v. Thurman 87 Miss. 537 1905 1 Mississippi
Sayers & Scovill Co. v. Doak 127 Miss. 216 1921 1 Mississippi
Grantham v. Ralle 248 Miss. 364 1963 1 Mississippi
Lessley v. Phipps 49 Miss. 790 1874 1 Mississippi
Saunders v. Jordan 54 Miss. 428 1877 1 Mississippi
Howell v. Bush 54 Miss. 437 1877 1 Mississippi