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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Belcher v. Belcher 18 Tenn. 121 1836 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Porter 16 La. Ann. 370 1861 0 Louisiana
Scott v. Carruth 17 Tenn. 418 1836 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. Gibson 17 Tenn. 329 1836 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Mayhew 58 Tenn. 596 1872 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. State 45 Tenn. 1 1867 0 Tennessee
Galloway v. Galloway 61 Tenn. 328 1872 0 Tennessee
Lillard v. Ruckers 17 Tenn. 64 1836 0 Tennessee
State v. Staten 46 Tenn. 233 1869 0 Tennessee
Keeler v. Nelson 49 Tenn. 4 1870 0 Tennessee
State v. Judge of the Second District Court of New Orleans 16 La. Ann. 390 1861 0 Louisiana
Guthrie v. South Western Iron Co. 55 Tenn. 826 1871 0 Tennessee
Wiseman v. Bean 49 Tenn. 390 1871 0 Tennessee
Sewell v. Morgan & Co. 49 Tenn. 672 1871 0 Tennessee
Snell v. Elam 49 Tenn. 82 1870 0 Tennessee
Talley v. Courtney 48 Tenn. 715 1870 0 Tennessee
Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church v. Jaques 1 Johns. Ch. 65 1814 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Grisham v. Grisham 16 Tenn. 393 1835 0 Tennessee
Arrington v. Grissom 41 Tenn. 522 1860 0 Tennessee