Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Fair v. Curry 180 Tenn. 650 1944 1 Tennessee
Creech v. Jones 37 Tenn. 631 1858 1 Tennessee
Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co. v. Walton 105 Tenn. 415 1900 1 Tennessee
Southern Ry. Co. v. Noah 180 Tenn. 532 1944 1 Tennessee
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. State 55 Tenn. 663 1875 1 Tennessee
O’Connor v. City of Memphis 74 Tenn. 730 1881 1 Tennessee
Wallace v. Goodlett 104 Tenn. 670 1900 1 Tennessee
Collins v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad 56 Tenn. 841 1872 1 Tennessee
Martin v. Martin 48 Tenn. 644 1870 1 Tennessee
Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. v. Stavros 20 Tenn. App. 662 1936 1 Tennessee
Melody v. Hamblin 21 Tenn. App. 687 1937 1 Tennessee
Ray v. Nanney 21 Tenn. App. 618 1937 1 Tennessee
Walker v. Skeene 40 Tenn. 1 1859 1 Tennessee
In re Estate of Chastain 401 S.W.3d 612 2012 1 inheritance; will formalities Tennessee
State v. Donaldson 50 Tenn. 48 1870 1 Tennessee
Green v. State 97 Tenn. 50 1896 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Karr v. Taxing District of Shelby County 84 Tenn. 240 1886 1 Tennessee
Staples v. Brown 113 Tenn. 639 1904 1 Tennessee
State v. Bockman 139 Tenn. 422 1917 1 Tennessee
Long v. True 149 Tenn. 673 1923 1 Tennessee