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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dougherty v. Curle 21 Tenn. 453 1841 0 Tennessee
Hickman v. Cantrell 17 Tenn. 172 1836 0 Tennessee
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee
Goodman v. Floyd 21 Tenn. 59 1840 0 Tennessee
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Jobe v. O'Brien 21 Tenn. 34 1840 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Owen 21 Tenn. 202 1840 0 Tennessee
Puckett v. James 21 Tenn. 565 1841 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Lashley v. Lashley 48 N.C. 414 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Jordan v. Black 19 Tenn. 142 1838 0 Tennessee
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Lane v. Dickerson 18 Tenn. 373 1837 0 Tennessee