Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smiley v. Jones 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 312 1876 1 Tennessee
Bradley v. Carnes 94 Tenn. 27 1894 1 Tennessee
Brien v. Robinson 102 Tenn. 157 1899 1 Tennessee
Lucas v. Malone 106 Tenn. 380 1901 1 Tennessee
Colyar v. Wheeler 110 Tenn. 58 1902 1 Tennessee
Sanders v. Byrom 112 Tenn. 472 1903 1 Tennessee
Covington v. Bullefin 1 Tenn. App. 603 1925 1 Tennessee
Werlein v. New Orleans 177 U.S. 390 1900 1 United States
Rossi v. Davis 345 Mo. 362 1939 1 Missouri
State v. Laxton 78 N.C. 564 1878 1 North Carolina
Roney v. Dyer 25 Tenn. App. 545 1939 1 Tennessee
Burns v. Gilpin 182 Tenn. 535 1945 1 Tennessee
Hobson v. Hobson 184 Tenn. 484 1947 1 Tennessee
Nashville Trust Co. v. Lebeck 197 Tenn. 164 1954 1 Tennessee
Warpool v. Floyd 524 S.W.2d 247 1975 1 Tennessee
Wright v. Huskey 592 S.W.2d 899 1979 1 Tennessee
Waggoner v. Corlew 3 Tenn. 245 1812 1 Tennessee
Cunningham v. Shields 5 Tenn. 44 1817 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Hull v. Rimmer 129 Tenn. 383 1913 1 Tennessee
State v. Wilkins 655 S.W.2d 914 1983 1 Tennessee