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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Officer v. Sims 49 Tenn. 501 1871 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Ingram 52 Tenn. 541 1871 0 Tennessee
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Maxwell v. State 50 Tenn. 420 1872 0 Tennessee
Thomson v. Warren 45 Tenn. 644 1868 0 Tennessee
Duckworth v. Overton 1 Swan 381 1852 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Thompson 38 Tenn. 265 1858 0 Tennessee
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
King v. Sharp 25 Tenn. 55 1845 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Petigrew 25 Tenn. 438 1846 0 Tennessee
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Jones 2 Swan 605 1852 0 Tennessee
Morrow v. State 29 Tenn. 120 1849 0 Tennessee
Randolph v. Wendel 36 Tenn. 646 1857 0 Tennessee
Cannon v. Phillips 2 Sneed 185 1854 0 Tennessee
Owen's adm'r v. Owen 24 Tenn. 352 1844 0 Tennessee
Atkinson v. Rhea 26 Tenn. 59 1846 0 Tennessee
Swan v. Finney 63 Tenn. 26 1874 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Ward 18 Tenn. 160 1836 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. State 41 Tenn. 172 1860 0 Tennessee