Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Hester v. Hester 103 Miss. 13 1912 1 Mississippi
Clark v. Clark 126 Miss. 455 1921 1 Mississippi
Rush v. Rush 360 So. 2d 1240 1978 1 Mississippi
Ellington v. Ellington 47 Miss. 329 1872 1 Mississippi
Simmons v. Felder 1 Miss. Dec. 484 1885 1 Mississippi
Foote v. Dismukes 71 Miss. 110 1893 1 Mississippi
Nichols v. Board of Commissioners 13 Wyo. 1 1904 1 Wyoming
Richburger v. State 90 Miss. 806 1907 1 Mississippi
McCorkle v. Illinois Central Railroad 101 Miss. 124 1911 1 Mississippi
McDaniel v. Ritter 556 So. 2d 303 1989 1 Mississippi
Kenyon v. Brightwell 120 Ga. 606 1904 1 Georgia
Murray's Estate 56 Or. 132 1910 1 Oregon
Richardson v. McCloskey 276 S.W. 680 1925 1 Texas
Cole v. Enterprise Funeral Home 228 Miss. 652 1956 1 Mississippi
Mills v. Mills 279 So. 2d 917 1973 1 Mississippi
Wilson v. Williams' Heirs 52 Miss. 487 1876 1 Mississippi
State v. Hopkins 50 Vt. 316 1877 1 Vermont
Holmes v. Coryell 58 Tex. 680 1883 1 Texas
Dunlap v. Richardson 63 Miss. 447 1886 1 Mississippi
Weiler v. Monroe County 74 Miss. 682 1897 1 Mississippi