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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Dean v. Dean 8 Va. App. 143 1989 1 Virginia
Godfrey v. Boston Old Colony Ins. Co. 718 So. 2d 441 1998 1 Louisiana
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Estate of Heydenfeldt 4 Coffey 510 1895 1 California
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Alabama
Bennett v. Kennerly 40 Tenn. 674 1859 0 Tennessee
Rhea v. White 40 Tenn. 121 1859 0 Tennessee
United States v. Fuentes 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 41836, *13 1994 2 Texas
United States v. Bedford No. 93-3180, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 39490, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 1993) 1993 2 La.
Anderson v. McCullough 40 Tenn. 614 1859 0 Tennessee
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 162 So. 826 1935 1 Louisiana
King v. Davis 137 F. 198 1903 1 United States