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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Moses v. State 29 Tenn. 456 1850 0 Tennessee
Nored v. Adams 39 Tenn. 449 1859 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Ragland 31 Tenn. 501 1852 0 Tennessee
Polk v. Fancher 38 Tenn. 336 1858 0 Tennessee
Evans v. Higdon 60 Tenn. 245 1872 0 Tennessee
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
Petty v. State 65 Tenn. 610 1872 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Hamlet 2 Sneed 256 1854 0 Tennessee
Galloway v. Myers 54 Tenn. 709 1872 0 Tennessee
Booker v. Booker 24 Tenn. 505 1844 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Floyd v. Goodwin 16 Tenn. 484 1835 0 Tennessee
State v. Bonner 39 Tenn. 135 1858 0 Tennessee
Green v. Lanier 52 Tenn. 662 1871 0 Tennessee
Maples v. State 50 Tenn. 408 1872 0 Tennessee
Blanton v. Hall 49 Tenn. 423 1871 0 Tennessee
Loftus v. Penn 1 Swan 445 1852 0 Tennessee
Robinson v. Robinson 26 Tenn. 440 1846 0 Tennessee
Mahala v. State 18 Tenn. 532 1837 0 Tennessee
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee