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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Civil SC of New York
Simpson v. Simpson 26 Tenn. 275 1846 0 Tennessee
Haydel v. Roussel 1 La. Ann. 35 1846 0 Louisiana
Farnsworth v. Earnest 26 Tenn. 24 1846 0 Tennessee
Gilliam v. Spence 6 Hum. 160 1845 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Nixon 26 Tenn. 579 1847 0 Tennessee
Shaw v. Shaw 25 Tenn. 418 1846 0 Tennessee
Vanleer v. Fain 25 Tenn. 104 1845 0 Tennessee
Trotter v. Watson 25 Tenn. 509 1846 0 Tennessee
Martin v. State 25 Tenn. 204 1845 0 Tennessee
Fletcher v. State 25 Tenn. 249 1845 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Marable 25 Tenn. 116 1845 0 Tennessee
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Sypert v. Sawyer 26 Tenn. 413 1846 0 Tennessee
Kennedy v. Williams 26 Tenn. 50 1846 0 Tennessee
Partee v. McAlister 25 Tenn. 408 1846 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Cruisman 6 Hum. 279 1845 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Brown 25 Tenn. 299 1845 0 Tennessee
Kiper v. Nuttall 1 Rob. 46 1841 0 Louisiana
McLanahan v. McLanahan 25 Tenn. 99 1845 0 Tennessee