Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Howard v. Frazier 2 Miss. Dec. 578 1882 1 Mississippi
Proskey v. West 16 Miss. 711 1847 1 Mississippi
Smith v. Herring 18 Miss. 518 1848 1 Mississippi
Thompson v. Chambers 20 Miss. 488 1849 1 Mississippi
Alliston v. Lindsey 20 Miss. 656 1849 1 Mississippi
J. J. Newman Lumber Co. v. Scipp 128 Miss. 322 1922 1 Mississippi
Robertson v. Hoy 20 Miss. 566 1849 1 Mississippi
Lyon v. Leavitt 3 Ala. 430 1842 1 Alabama
Bird v. McLaurin 12 Miss. 50 1844 1 Mississippi
Goodlett v. Kelly 74 Ala. 213 1883 1 Alabama
Sullivan v. Wooldridge 107 Ark. 256 1913 1 Arkansas
United States v. King 48 U.S. 833 1849 1 United States
Kearney v. Case 79 U.S. 275 1870 1 United States
Brown v. Poindexter 18 Miss. 596 1848 1 Mississippi
Merchants' Bank v. Spalding 9 N.Y. 53 1853 1 New York
Hall v. Bergen 19 Barb. 122 1854 1 New York
Reynolds v. Geary 26 Conn. 179 1857 1 Connecticut
Humphreys v. Wilson 43 Miss. 328 1870 1 Mississippi
W. L. Wilkins & Co. v. Riley 47 Miss. 306 1872 1 Mississippi
Simmons v. Yurann 11 Neb. 516 1881 1 Nebraska