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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 1855 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Meek 3 Sneed 271 1855 0 Tennessee
Gunn v. Mason 2 Sneed 637 1855 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Boyd 2 Sneed 512 1855 0 Tennessee
State v. Sharp 2 Sneed 615 1855 0 Tennessee
Sharp v. Sharp 2 Sneed 496 1855 0 Tennessee
Mosely v. Baker 2 Sneed 362 1854 0 Tennessee
Savage v. Hale 1 Sneed 365 1853 0 Tennessee
Gourley v. Thompson 2 Sneed 387 1854 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 2 Sneed 11 1854 0 Tennessee
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
State v. Harris 2 Sneed 224 1854 0 Tennessee
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee