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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
Runyan v. Morgan 26 Tenn. 210 1846 0 Tennessee
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 1852 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 37 Tenn. 524 1858 0 Tennessee
Patton Ex'r. v. Allison 26 Tenn. 320 1846 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Hudson v. King 49 Tenn. 560 1871 0 Tennessee
Gannaway v. Tarpley 41 Tenn. 572 1860 0 Tennessee
James v. State 28 Tenn. 308 1848 0 Tennessee
Yeatman v. Hart 25 Tenn. 375 1845 0 Tennessee
Boon v. Lancaster 33 Tenn. 577 1854 0 Tennessee
Bill v. State 24 Tenn. 155 1844 0 Tennessee
Tarpley v. Gannaway 42 Tenn. 246 1865 0 Tennessee
Parham v. Parham 25 Tenn. 287 1845 0 Tennessee
Parker v. Hall 39 Tenn. 641 1859 0 Tennessee
Cruse v. McKee 39 Tenn. 1 1858 0 Tennessee
Swan v. Finney 63 Tenn. 26 1874 0 Tennessee
Rucker v. Moore 48 Tenn. 726 1870 0 Tennessee