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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Layne v. Pardee 2 Swan 232 1852 0 Tennessee
Ensley v. Balentine 23 Tenn. 233 1843 0 Tennessee
Cannon v. Phillips 2 Sneed 185 1854 0 Tennessee
Owen's adm'r v. Owen 24 Tenn. 352 1844 0 Tennessee
Caplinger v. Vaden 24 Tenn. 629 1844 0 Tennessee
Atkinson v. Rhea 26 Tenn. 59 1846 0 Tennessee
Swan v. Finney 63 Tenn. 26 1874 0 Tennessee
Gleaves v. Wilson 63 Tenn. 54 1874 0 Tennessee
Fields v. Carney 63 Tenn. 137 1874 0 Tennessee
Pillow v. Thomas 60 Tenn. 120 1873 0 Tennessee
Masson v. Anderson 62 Tenn. 290 1873 0 Tennessee
Keith v. State 45 Tenn. 35 1867 0 Tennessee
Kelso v. Vance 61 Tenn. 334 1872 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Walt 56 Tenn. 242 1872 0 Tennessee
Barry v. Frayser 57 Tenn. 206 1872 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Edmondson 51 Tenn. 43 1871 0 Tennessee
Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad 53 Tenn. 421 1871 0 Tennessee
Queener v. Trew 53 Tenn. 59 1871 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. Reed 39 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee
Odom v. Owen 61 Tenn. 446 1873 0 Tennessee