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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Polk v. Pledge 52 Tenn. 371 1871 0 Tennessee
Hall v. Tompkins 9 Hum. 592 1848 0 Tennessee
Patton v. Overton 8 Hum. 192 1847 0 Tennessee
Maxwell v. State 50 Tenn. 420 1872 0 Tennessee
Webb v. Patterson 26 Tenn. 431 1846 0 Tennessee
Helms v. Mynatt 46 Tenn. 215 1869 0 Tennessee
Hackney v. Hackney 27 Tenn. 452 1847 0 Tennessee
Eaton v. Breathett 27 Tenn. 534 1847 0 Tennessee
Lassiter v. Cole 27 Tenn. 621 1848 0 Tennessee
Henning v. Vanhook 27 Tenn. 678 1848 0 Tennessee
Neal v. Robinson 8 Hum. 435 1847 0 Tennessee
James v. Jones 29 Tenn. 384 1849 0 Tennessee
Armstrong adm'r v. Park's devisees 28 Tenn. 195 1848 0 Tennessee
Cathey v. Cathey 28 Tenn. 470 1848 0 Tennessee
Young v. Jones 28 Tenn. 551 1848 0 Tennessee
Gray v. Hays 26 Tenn. 588 1847 0 Tennessee
Dodge v. Brittain 19 Tenn. 84 1838 0 Tennessee
Thomson v. Warren 45 Tenn. 644 1868 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Ford 26 Tenn. 92 1846 0 Tennessee
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee