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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Union Bank v. State 17 Tenn. 490 1836 0 Tennessee
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Armstrong 17 Tenn. 412 1836 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Brunson v. Brunson 19 Tenn. 630 1838 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Reid v. Campbell 19 Tenn. 378 1838 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Wilder 39 Tenn. 577 1859 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee