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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Abernathy v. Black 42 Tenn. 314 1865 0 Tennessee
Hinklin v. Hamilton 22 Tenn. 569 1842 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Jones 2 Swan 605 1852 0 Tennessee
Friedman Bros. v. Mathes 55 Tenn. 488 1872 0 Tennessee
Morrow v. State 29 Tenn. 120 1849 0 Tennessee
Randolph v. Wendel 36 Tenn. 646 1857 0 Tennessee
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