Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sellars v. Fite 62 Tenn. 131 1873 0 Tennessee
Ocoee Bank v. Nelson 41 Tenn. 186 1860 0 Tennessee
Galloway v. Myers 54 Tenn. 709 1872 0 Tennessee
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 675 1842 0 General Ct. of VA
Allen v. McCullough 49 Tenn. 174 1870 0 Tennessee
Grider v. Harbison 46 Tenn. 208 1869 0 Tennessee
Boyd v. State 47 Tenn. 69 1869 0 Tennessee
Byram v. McGuire 40 Tenn. 530 1859 0 Tennessee
Brooks v. Caughran 40 Tenn. 464 1859 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Hoyle 40 Tenn. 56 1859 0 Tennessee
Claytor v. Anthony 56 Va. 518 1860 0 SC of Appeals VA
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
State v. Bradshaw 2 Swan 627 1852 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Dinsmore 2 Swan 38 1852 0 Tennessee
Pillow v. Rye 1 Swan 185 1851 0 Tennessee
Young v. State 11 Hum. 200 1850 0 Tennessee
Bacon v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 602 1850 0 General Ct. of VA
Williams v. Otey 8 Hum. 563 1847 0 Tennessee
Gwin v. Wright 27 Tenn. 639 1848 0 Tennessee