Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Decell v. McRee 83 Miss. 423 1903 1 Mississippi
Gordon v. Perry 98 Miss. 893 1910 1 Mississippi
Williams v. Hayes 5 How. Pr. 470 1851 1 New York
Roberts v. Riley 15 La. Ann. 103 1860 1 Louisiana
Steele v. Townsend 37 Ala. 247 1861 1 Alabama
York Co. v. Central Railroad 70 U.S. 107 1865 1 United States
Brehme v. Dinsmore 25 Md. 328 1866 1 Maryland
Peck v. Weeks 34 Conn. 145 1867 1 Connecticut
Christenson v. American Express Co. 15 Minn. 270 1870 1 Minnesota
United States v. Heirs of Boisdoré 49 U.S. 113 1850 1 United States
Gore v. Ligon 105 Miss. 652 1913 1 Mississippi
Orr v. Jackson Jitney Co. 115 Miss. 140 1917 1 Mississippi
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Wildy v. Bonney's Lessee 35 Miss. 77 1858 1 Mississippi
Bisland v. Hewett 19 Miss. 164 1848 1 Mississippi
Turner v. Morris 27 Miss. 733 1854 1 Mississippi
Jiggitts v. Bennett 31 Miss. 610 1856 1 Mississippi
Bedlow v. Stillwell 158 N.Y. 292 1899 1 New York
Clark v. Niles 42 Miss. 460 1869 1 Mississippi
Bowen v. Seale 45 Miss. 30 1871 1 Mississippi