Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lake v. Steele 3 Shan. Cas. 163 1875 1 Tennessee
Hamilton v. Mound City Mutual Life Insurance 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 124 1876 1 Tennessee
Smiley v. Jones 3 Tenn. Ch. R. 312 1876 1 Tennessee
Bradley v. Carnes 94 Tenn. 27 1894 1 Tennessee
Brien v. Robinson 102 Tenn. 157 1899 1 Tennessee
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Lucas v. Malone 106 Tenn. 380 1901 1 Tennessee
Colyar v. Wheeler 110 Tenn. 58 1902 1 Tennessee
Sanders v. Byrom 112 Tenn. 472 1903 1 Tennessee
Covington v. Bullefin 1 Tenn. App. 603 1925 1 Tennessee
Werlein v. New Orleans 177 U.S. 390 1900 1 United States
Rossi v. Davis 345 Mo. 362 1939 1 Missouri
State v. Laxton 78 N.C. 564 1878 1 North Carolina
Hava v. Cafiero 157 La. 1007 1925 1 Louisiana
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Roney v. Dyer 25 Tenn. App. 545 1939 1 Tennessee
Burns v. Gilpin 182 Tenn. 535 1945 1 Tennessee
Hobson v. Hobson 184 Tenn. 484 1947 1 Tennessee
Nashville Trust Co. v. Lebeck 197 Tenn. 164 1954 1 Tennessee
Warpool v. Floyd 524 S.W.2d 247 1975 1 Tennessee