Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Phillips v. Stewart 27 Ga. 402 1859 0 Abatement of action Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott v. Winship 30 Ga. 879 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Elder v. Ogletree 36 Ga. 64 1867 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Schley v. Lyon 6 Ga. 530 1849 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Berry 34 Ga. 546 1866 0 Masters no longer have to give their approval for blacks to be brought before the court in criminal cases since abolition Supreme Court of Georgia
Cook v. Weaver 12 Ga. 47 1852 0 Will and Trust Suprme Court of Georgia
Alderman v. Chester 34 Ga. 152 1865 0 Personal propety dispute Suprme Court of Georgia
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Bradley v. Kesee 45 Tenn. 223 1867 1 Tennessee
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Wagstaff 120 Tenn. 252 1907 1 Tennessee
Clevenger v. Clevenger 48 Tenn. 104 1870 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Jarnigan v. Jarnigan 80 Tenn. 292 1883 1 Tennessee
James v. Kennedy 57 Tenn. 607 1873 1 Tennessee
Long v. True 149 Tenn. 673 1923 1 Tennessee
Anderson v. Bedford 44 Tenn. 464 1867 1 Tennessee
Hopkins’ Heirs v. Calloway 47 Tenn. 37 1869 1 Tennessee
Stuber v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 113 Tenn. 305 1904 1 Tennessee
State v. Bockman 139 Tenn. 422 1917 1 Tennessee