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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cocke v. Trotter 18 Tenn. 213 1836 0 Tennessee
Overton v. Bigelow's Administrator 18 Tenn. 48 1836 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Wallace 18 Tenn. 105 1836 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. Gibson 17 Tenn. 329 1836 0 Tennessee
Shaw v. Smith 17 Tenn. 97 1836 0 Tennessee
Dunnaway v. State 17 Tenn. 350 1836 0 Tennessee
Union Bank v. State 17 Tenn. 490 1836 0 Tennessee
Kincannon v. Carroll 17 Tenn. 11 1836 1 Tennessee
Turner v. Armstrong 17 Tenn. 412 1836 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
Hickman v. Cantrell 17 Tenn. 172 1836 0 Tennessee
Galt v. Dibrell 18 Tenn. 146 1836 0 Tennessee
Graham v. Swearingin 17 Tenn. 276 1836 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Lillard v. Ruckers 17 Tenn. 64 1836 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Weeks 18 Tenn. 141 1836 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Thompson 17 Tenn. 45 1836 0 Tennessee
Belcher v. Belcher 18 Tenn. 121 1836 0 Tennessee
Lane v. Dickerson 18 Tenn. 373 1837 0 Tennessee