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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Hays v. Hays 20 Tenn. 402 1839 0 Tennessee
Norment v. Smith 20 Tenn. 46 1839 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
M'Alister v. Olmstead 20 Tenn. 210 1839 0 Tennessee
Tazewell v. McCandlish 37 Va. 116 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Alabama
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Civil Iowa
Franklin Bank v. Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland Steam Navigation Co. 11 G. & J. 28 1839 0 Maryland
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Saunders v. Turbeville 21 Tenn. 272 1840 0 Tennessee