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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Buchanan 37 Tenn. 721 1857 0 Tennessee
James v. State 28 Tenn. 308 1848 0 Tennessee
Kay v. Connor 27 Tenn. 624 1848 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Ketchum v. Dew 47 Tenn. 532 1870 0 Tennessee
Hartfield v. Simmons 59 Tenn. 253 1873 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Luna v. Edmiston 37 Tenn. 159 1857 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Daniel 29 Tenn. 305 1849 0 Tennessee
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581 1847 0 Tennessee
Marley v. Cummings 37 Tenn. 479 1858 0 Tennessee
Estill v. Deckerd 63 Tenn. 497 1874 0 Tennessee
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Hawkins v. Skeggs's adm'r 29 Tenn. 31 1848 0 Tennessee
Simmons v. Kincaid 37 Tenn. 450 1858 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185 1847 0 Tennessee
Hoggatt v. White 32 Tenn. 265 1852 0 Tennessee
Woods v. Burrough 39 Tenn. 202 1858 0 Tennessee