Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Vanbibber v. Sawyers 29 Tenn. 81 1849 0 Tennessee
Elliot v. Cochran 41 Tenn. 389 1860 0 Tennessee
Scott v. White 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 38 1849 1 Tennessee
Watt v. Carnes 51 Tenn. 532 1871 1 Tennessee
Shaw v. State 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 134 1858 1 Tennessee
Foster v. State 180 Tenn. 164 1943 1 Tennessee
Smith v. State 2 Tenn. Crim. App. 117 1969 1 Tennessee
Wilburn v. Spofford, Tileston & Co. 36 Tenn. 698 1857 1 Tennessee
Coffee v. Ruffin 44 Tenn. 487 1867 1 Tennessee
Murdock v. Leath 57 Tenn. 166 1872 1 Tennessee
Brown v. Cooper 62 Tenn. 153 1873 1 Tennessee
Sheafer v. Mitchell 109 Tenn. 181 1902 1 Tennessee
American Bank & Trust Co. v. Lebanon Bank & Trust Co. 28 Tenn. App. 618 1945 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Thurman 49 Tenn. 110 1870 1 Tennessee
Nolan v. Gardner 54 Tenn. 215 1872 1 Tennessee
Rivers v. Thomas 69 Tenn. 649 1878 1 Tennessee
Taylor v. French 70 Tenn. 257 1879 1 Tennessee
Townsend v. Neuhardt 139 Tenn. 695 1918 1 Tennessee
Johnson v. Lane 164 Tenn. 234 1932 1 Tennessee
Bunch v. Hardy 71 Tenn. 543 1879 1 Tennessee