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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Lowe v. Morris 36 Tenn. 69 1856 0 Tennessee
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 1852 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Hix 2 Sneed 192 1854 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
Woodson v. Pearce 37 Tenn. 416 1858 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Metcalf 38 Tenn. 64 1858 0 Tennessee
Gamble v. Nunn 37 Tenn. 465 1858 0 Tennessee
Parker v. Thompson 37 Tenn. 349 1858 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Dowell v. Bailey 18 Tenn. 489 1837 0 Tennessee
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Jones 19 Tenn. 513 1838 0 Tennessee
Puckett v. James 21 Tenn. 565 1841 0 Tennessee