Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Norton v. Coley 45 Miss. 125 1871 1 Mississippi
Wilbourn v. Shell 59 Miss. 205 1881 1 Mississippi
Jones v. Casler 139 Ind. 382 1894 1 Indiana
Kotz v. Belz 178 Ill. 434 1899 1 Illinois
Ely v. Megie 18 Mills Surr. 23 1916 1 New York
Ely v. Megie 219 N.Y. 112 1916 1 New York
Moor v. Parks 122 Miss. 301 1920 1 Mississippi
In re Estate of Thompson 185 Cal. 763 1921 1 California
Watkins v. Watkins 142 Miss. 210 1926 1 Mississippi
Warren v. Sidney's Estate 183 Miss. 669 1938 1 Mississippi
Estate of Crawford v. Crawford 225 Miss. 208 1955 1 Mississippi
Crosby v. Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation 276 So. 2d 661 1973 1 Mississippi
Estate of Woodfield v. Woodfield 968 So. 2d 421 2007 1 Mississippi
Swaine v. Hemphill 165 Mich. 561 1911 1 Michigan
Woods v. Woods 74 Mont. 449 1925 1 Montana
Rice v. Webb 141 Miss. 66 1925 1 Mississippi
Landwehr v. Holland City State Bank 284 Mich. 243 1938 1 Michigan
Wilson v. Cox 49 Miss. 538 1873 1 Mississippi
Gibson v. Dowell 42 Ark. 164 1883 1 Arkansas
Doran v. Beale 106 Miss. 305 1913 1 Mississippi