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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Wade v. Roberts 25 Tenn. 124 1845 0 Tennessee
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Cruisman 6 Hum. 279 1845 0 Tennessee
Gilliam v. Spence 6 Hum. 160 1845 0 Tennessee
Vanleer v. Crawford 2 Swan 117 1852 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Marable 25 Tenn. 116 1845 0 Tennessee
Fletcher v. State 25 Tenn. 249 1845 0 Tennessee
Woodward v. Williams 11 Hum. 323 1850 0 Tennessee
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Martin v. State 25 Tenn. 204 1845 0 Tennessee
Alston v. Boyd 25 Tenn. 504 1846 0 Tennessee
Shelton v. Johnson 36 Tenn. 672 1857 0 Tennessee
Trotter v. Watson 25 Tenn. 509 1846 0 Tennessee
Vanleer v. Fain 25 Tenn. 104 1845 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 26 Tenn. 542 1847 0 Tennessee
Partee v. McAlister 25 Tenn. 408 1846 0 Tennessee
Shaw v. Shaw 25 Tenn. 418 1846 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Nixon 26 Tenn. 579 1847 0 Tennessee