Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund v. Walker 7 Miss. 143 1842 1 Mississippi
Hoyt v. Swar 53 Ill. 134 1870 1 Illinois
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
Meacham v. Edmonson 54 Miss. 746 1877 1 Mississippi
Morin v. Bailey 55 Miss. 570 1878 1 Mississippi
Ross v. Hawthorne 55 Miss. 551 1878 1 Mississippi
Vanderhorst v. Bacon 38 Mich. 669 1878 1 Michigan
People v. Stitt 7 Ill. App. 294 1880 1 Illinois
Majors v. Majors 58 Miss. 806 1881 1 Mississippi
John I. Adams & Co. v. Dees 62 Miss. 354 1884 1 Mississippi
Cummings v. Busby 62 Miss. 195 1884 1 Mississippi