Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Witty v. Hightower 20 Miss. 478 1849 1 Mississippi
Wiggins v. McGimpsey ex rel. Robertson 21 Miss. 532 1850 1 Mississippi
Glenn v. Thistle 23 Miss. 42 1851 1 Mississippi
Harris v. Ransom 24 Miss. 504 1852 1 Mississippi
Phipps v. Tarpley 31 Miss. 433 1856 1 Mississippi
Griggs v. Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Co. 10 Mich. 117 1862 1 Michigan
Wellman v. Dismukes & Glascock 42 Mo. 101 1867 1 Missouri
Kirkpatrick v. Miller 50 Miss. 521 1874 1 Mississippi
Dyer v. Britton 53 Miss. 270 1876 1 Mississippi
Staley v. Ivory 65 Mo. 74 1877 1 Missouri
Cunningham v. Dillard 71 Miss. 61 1893 1 Mississippi
Allen v. Caffee 85 Miss. 766 1904 1 Mississippi
Millard v. Tripp 2 R.I. 543 1853 1 Rhode Island
Halfacre v. Dobbins 50 Miss. 766 1874 1 Mississippi
Hall v. Anthony 13 R.I. 221 1881 1 Rhode Island
Bell v. Rudolph 70 Miss. 234 1892 1 Mississippi
Stevens v. Mangum 27 Miss. 481 1854 1 Mississippi
First National Bank v. Carroll 49 N.D. 1022 1923 1 North Dakota
Jackson v. Hollowell 685 F.2d 961 1982 1 United States
Perkins v. Thompson 551 So. 2d 204 1989 1 Mississippi