Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State v. Smails 63 Wash. 172 1911 1 Washington
Harrison v. Eagle Lumber & Supply Co. 152 Miss. 466 1928 1 Mississippi
Hillman v. Clayton 234 Miss. 490 1958 1 Mississippi
Lewis v. Lewis 241 Miss. 83 1961 1 Mississippi
Clark v. Lansford 191 So. 2d 123 1966 1 Mississippi
Earnshaw v. Crout 23 Kan. 560 1880 1 Kansas
Melton v. Cherokee Oil & Gas Co. 67 Okla. 247 1917 1 Oklahoma
Lay v. Nutt 194 Miss. 83 1943 1 Mississippi
Southern Life Insurance v. Pollard Appliance Co. 247 Miss. 211 1963 1 Mississippi
Fitzgibbon v. Lake 29 Ill. 165 1862 1 Illinois
Learned v. Matthews 40 Miss. 210 1866 1 Mississippi
Harrington v. Wofford 46 Miss. 31 1871 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Campbell 46 Miss. 57 1871 1 Mississippi
Caston v. Caston 60 Miss. 475 1882 1 Mississippi
Campe v. Saucier 68 Miss. 278 1890 1 Mississippi
Benson v. Benson 97 Mo. App. 460 1902 1 Missouri
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. State 109 Tex. 337 1918 1 Texas
Foote v. Dickson 121 Miss. 186 1919 1 Mississippi
Hiawatha Gin Co. v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Cotton Ass'n 138 Miss. 605 1925 1 Mississippi
Bailey v. Muse 227 Miss. 51 1956 1 Mississippi