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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ward v. Saunders 2 Swan 174 1852 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. State 1 Swan 411 1852 0 Tennessee
Swanson v. Swanson 2 Swan 446 1852 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 2 Swan 237 1852 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Cole 2 Swan 100 1852 0 Tennessee
Foster v. Jordan 2 Swan 476 1852 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. Winston 2 Swan 472 1852 0 Tennessee
Burke v. Clarke 2 Swan 310 1852 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Walton 1 Sneed 258 1853 0 Tennessee
Isham v. State 1 Sneed 111 1853 0 Tennessee
Guerin v. Rivarde 8 Rob. 457 1844 0 Louisiana
State v. Gossage 2 Swan 263 1852 0 Tennessee
Lockwood v. Nye 2 Swan 515 1852 0 Tennessee
McKinney v. Clarke 2 Swan 321 1852 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Dinsmore 2 Swan 38 1852 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Lawrence 2 Swan 141 1852 0 Tennessee
Bedford v. State 2 Swan 72 1852 0 Tennessee
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 1852 0 Tennessee
Maultsby v. Carty 11 Hum. 361 1850 0 Tennessee
Woods v. Sullivan 1 Swan 507 1852 0 Tennessee