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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Parker's v. Gilliam 18 Tenn. 394 1837 0 Tennessee
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
Pearce v. Gleaves 18 Tenn. 359 1837 0 Tennessee
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Weeks 18 Tenn. 141 1836 0 Tennessee
Van Syckel v. Emery 18 N.J. Eq. 387 1867 Annuity dispute New Jersey
Jones v. Sasser 18 N.C. 452 1836 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gibbons v. Dunn 18 N.C. 446 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Clancy v. Overman 18 N.C. 402 1835 0 Contracts North Carolina
Armstrong ex rel. Cloud v. Martin 18 N.C. 397 1835 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Young v. Carson 18 N.C. 360 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Henry v. Patrick 18 N.C. 358 1835 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hill v. Hughes 18 N.C. 336 1835 0 Action of detinue North Carolina