Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Grannis v. Smith 22 Tenn. 179 1842 0 Tennessee
State v. Claiborne 19 Tenn. 331 1838 0 Tennessee
Wade v. Green 22 Tenn. 547 1842 0 Tennessee
Western & Atlantic R. R. v. Fulton 36 Tenn. 589 1857 0 Tennessee
Stone v. State 23 Tenn. 27 1843 0 Tennessee
Planters' Bank v. Henderson 23 Tenn. 75 1843 0 Tennessee
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
State v. Love 23 Tenn. 255 1843 0 Tennessee
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Trigg v. Faris 24 Tenn. 343 1844 0 Tennessee
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Wade v. Roberts 25 Tenn. 124 1845 0 Tennessee
Alston v. Boyd 25 Tenn. 504 1846 0 Tennessee
Hancock v. Edwards 26 Tenn. 349 1846 0 Tennessee
Williams v. McCormack 26 Tenn. 308 1846 0 Tennessee
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Irwin v. Jordan 26 Tenn. 167 1846 0 Tennessee
Washington v. Johnson 26 Tenn. 468 1846 0 Tennessee