Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Merriman v. State 71 Tenn. 393 1879 1 Tennessee
Zanone v. State 97 Tenn. 101 1896 1 Tennessee
Cureton v. Cureton 117 Tenn. 103 1906 1 Tennessee
Coulter v. Davis 81 Tenn. 451 1884 1 Tennessee
Cheatham v. Patterson 125 Tenn. 437 1911 1 Tennessee
Fowlkes v. Nashville & Decatur Railroad 56 Tenn. 829 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
Smith v. Fielden 205 Tenn. 313 1959 1 Tennessee
Rugg v. State 141 Tenn. 362 1918 1 Tennessee
Wilson v. State 103 Tenn. 87 1899 1 Tennessee
Griffith v. Dewitt 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 186 1859 1 Tennessee
Bottoms v. Corley 52 Tenn. 1 1871 1 Tennessee
State v. Townsell 50 Tenn. 6 1870 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Maner v. Leech 588 S.W.2d 534 1979 1 Tennessee
Walt v. Walt 113 Tenn. 189 1904 1 Tennessee
New River Lumber Co. v. Tennessee Ry. Co. 145 Tenn. 266 1921 1 Tennessee
Balch v. Johnson 106 Tenn. 249 1901 1 Tennessee
Dunnebacke v. Williams 214 Tenn. 581 1964 1 Tennessee