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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Young v. Young 47 Tenn. 461 1870 0 Tennessee
Burgner v. Burgner 58 Tenn. 729 1872 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Woodfolk 61 Tenn. 25 1872 0 Tennessee
Starkey v. Hammer 60 Tenn. 438 1872 0 Tennessee
Petty v. State 65 Tenn. 610 1872 0 Tennessee
W. B. Chaffin & Bro. v. Stuart 60 Tenn. 296 1872 0 Tennessee
Maloney v. Stephens 58 Tenn. 738 1872 0 Tennessee
Mountcastle v. Mills 58 Tenn. 267 1872 0 Tennessee
Birdsong v. Birdsong 39 Tenn. 289 1859 0 Tennessee
Waterbury v. Netherland 53 Tenn. 512 1871 0 Tennessee
Ballentine v. Spear 61 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Hamlet 2 Sneed 256 1854 0 Tennessee
Evans v. Evans 2 Del. Cas. 203 1804 0 Trover action for one enslaved person to the proper heir but four other in this case Delaware
Galloway v. Myers 54 Tenn. 709 1872 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Smith 38 Tenn. 411 1858 0 Tennessee
Booker v. Booker 24 Tenn. 505 1844 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Floyd v. Goodwin 16 Tenn. 484 1835 0 Tennessee
State v. Bonner 39 Tenn. 135 1858 0 Tennessee
Green v. Lanier 52 Tenn. 662 1871 0 Tennessee