Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Jim v. State 24 Tenn. 145 1844 0 Tennessee
Gannaway v. Tarpley 41 Tenn. 572 1860 0 Tennessee
Grigsby v. State 63 Tenn. 19 1874 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Gass’ Heirs v. Gass’ Ex’rs 22 Tenn. 278 1842 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Steele 39 Tenn. 605 1859 0 Tennessee
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 37 Tenn. 524 1858 0 Tennessee
Wall v. Allen 63 Tenn. 210 1874 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Ford 42 Tenn. 74 1865 0 Tennessee
Bibb v. Smith 59 Tenn. 728 1874 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 1852 0 Tennessee
Cash v. State 29 Tenn. 111 1849 0 Tennessee
Whitson v. Gray 40 Tenn. 441 1859 0 Tennessee
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
Mosely v. Hamilton 63 Tenn. 434 1874 0 Tennessee
Galt v. Dibrell 18 Tenn. 146 1836 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Thompson 2 Swan 386 1852 0 Tennessee
Rosen v. Levy 120 Tenn. 642 1908 1 Tennessee
Oliphant v. Moore 155 Tenn. 359 1927 1 Tennessee