Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
Angus v. Dickerson 19 Tenn. 459 1838 0 Tennessee
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Dodge v. Brittain 19 Tenn. 84 1838 0 Tennessee
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Weeks 18 Tenn. 141 1836 0 Tennessee
Hoover's lessee v. Gregory 18 Tenn. 444 1837 0 Tennessee
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 21 Tenn. 455 1841 0 Tennessee
Field v. Arrowsmith 22 Tenn. 442 1842 0 Tennessee
Underwood's Case 21 Tenn. 46 1840 0 Tennessee
Wilkins v. Gilmore 21 Tenn. 140 1840 0 Tennessee
Keaton's Distributees v. Campbell 21 Tenn. 224 1840 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Caplinger v. Sullivan 21 Tenn. 548 1841 0 Tennessee
Torbet's heirs v. McReynolds 23 Tenn. 215 1843 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Greer 22 Tenn. 118 1842 0 Tennessee
Whitmore v. Parks 22 Tenn. 95 1842 0 Tennessee
Britain v. State 22 Tenn. 203 1842 0 Tennessee
Estate of Acuff v. O'Linger 56 S.W.3d 527 2001 1 Tennessee