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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Vance v. Cooper 42 Tenn. 497 1865 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Terrell 26 Tenn. 551 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Estill v. Deckerd 63 Tenn. 497 1874 0 Tennessee
Mallet v. Smith 27 S.C. Eq. 12 1853 0 South Carolina
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Daniel 29 Tenn. 305 1849 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Miller v. Murphy 187 La. 230 1937 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Murphy 174 So. 272 1937 1 Louisiana
Joyner v. Williams 197 La. 43 1941 1 Louisiana
Joyner v. Williams 200 So. 815 1941 1 Louisiana
Levin v. Missouri Pac. R. 2 So. 2d 99 1941 1 Louisiana
Duncan v. State 26 Tenn. 148 1846 0 Tennessee
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Caperton v. Huddleston 26 Tenn. 452 1846 0 Tennessee