Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Bounds 224 Miss. 518 1955 1 Mississippi
Stinson v. Williamson (In re Williamson) 844 F.2d 1166 1988 1 United States
Heslet v. Heslet 8 Ill. App. 22 1880 1 Illinois
Gilmer v. Gilmer 151 Miss. 33 1928 1 Mississippi
Baum v. Branson 206 So. 2d 615 1968 1 Mississippi
Clements v. Anderson 46 Miss. 581 1872 1 Mississippi
Hooker v. Yale 56 Miss. 197 1878 1 Mississippi
Carter v. Carter 234 Ill. 507 1908 1 Illinois
Broas v. Broas 153 Mich. 310 1908 1 Michigan
Penny v. Holberg 53 Miss. 567 1876 1 Mississippi
Futch v. Jeffries 59 Miss. 506 1882 1 Mississippi
Snoddy v. W. M. Buchanan & Co. 2 Miss. Dec. 637 1883 1 Mississippi
Chapman v. White Sewing Machine Co. 78 Miss. 438 1900 1 Mississippi
Barataria Canning Co. v. Ott 88 Miss. 771 1906 1 Mississippi
Vicksburg Water Works Co. v. Mayor of Vicksburg 99 Miss. 132 1910 1 Mississippi
People's Bank in Liquidation v. Pennington 137 Miss. 653 1925 1 Mississippi
Nichols v. Gaddis & McLaurin, Inc. 228 Miss. 1 1956 1 Mississippi
Harrell v. Duncan 593 So. 2d 1 1991 1 Mississippi
Bentinck v. Franklie 38 Tex. 458 1873 1 Texas
Ware's Adm'r v. Russell 70 Ala. 174 1881 1 Alabama