Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Click v. Burris 53 Tenn. 539 1871 1 Tennessee
City of Knoxville v. Christenberry 147 Tenn. 286 1922 1 Tennessee
Bittick v. Wilkins 54 Tenn. 307 1872 1 Tennessee
Murdock v. Memphis & Ohio R. R. 66 Tenn. 557 1874 1 Tennessee
Sherron v. Hall 72 Tenn. 498 1880 1 Tennessee
Templeton v. Brown 86 Tenn. 50 1887 1 Tennessee
Phillips's Lessee v. Robertson 5 Tenn. 154 1817 1 Tennessee
Mills v. Merchants' Cotton-Press Co. 89 Tenn. 1 1890 1 Tennessee
Wehunt v. State 136 Tenn. 223 1916 1 Tennessee
Johnson v. Ford 147 Tenn. 63 1922 1 Tennessee
Estate of Patten v. Batchelor 664 S.W.2d 698 1983 1 Tennessee
State v. Bell 66 Tenn. 9 1872 1 Tennessee
Chadwell v. State 55 Tenn. 340 1874 1 Tennessee
Caruthers v. Moore 1 Shan. Cas. 60 1851 1 Tennessee
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Stone 112 Tenn. 348 1903 1 Tennessee
Bierce v. James 87 Tenn. 538 1889 1 Tennessee
Dearmon v. Blackburn 33 Tenn. 390 1853 1 Tennessee
Roach v. Francisco 138 Tenn. 357 1917 1 Tennessee
Knight v. Atkisson 2 Tenn. Ch. R. 384 1875 1 Tennessee
Shell v. Shell 34 Tenn. 716 1855 1 Tennessee