Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
O’Connor v. City of Memphis 74 Tenn. 730 1881 1 Tennessee
Jones v. Ward 18 Tenn. 160 1836 0 Tennessee
In re the Estate of Thompson 203 Tenn. 485 1958 1 Tennessee
Moss v. Fortune 207 Tenn. 426 1960 1 Tennessee
Galvin v. State 46 Tenn. 283 1869 1 Tennessee
Conelly v. Nashville 100 Tenn. 262 1897 1 Tennessee
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Board of Education v. Shelby County 207 Tenn. 330 1960 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Johnson 49 Tenn. 225 1870 1 Tennessee
Wallace v. Goodlett 104 Tenn. 670 1900 1 Tennessee
Hessmer v. Bad Gov't No. 3:12-CV-590, 2012 WL 3945315, at *9 (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 10, 2012) 2012 1 sec. 1983 action Tennessee
Sowder v. Sowder 37 Tenn. 502 1858 1 Tennessee
Neal v. Barone No. E200902598COAR9CV, 2010 WL 4024973, at *4–5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 13, 2010) 2010 1 lien on real property Tennessee
Chapron v. Cassaday 22 Tenn. 661 1842 1 Tennessee
Stephenson v. Stephenson No. W200201064COAR3CV, 2003 WL 1618090, at *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 27, 2003) 2003 1 will contest Tennessee
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
Hunter v. State 158 Tenn. 63 1928 1 Tennessee
Pappas v. State 135 Tenn. 499 1916 1 Tennessee