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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Whitson v. Gray 40 Tenn. 441 1859 0 Tennessee
Cocke v. Trotter 18 Tenn. 213 1836 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Stull v. Goode 57 Tenn. 58 1872 0 Tennessee
Hollingsworth v. Miller 37 Tenn. 472 1858 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Brown 25 Tenn. 299 1845 0 Tennessee
Cunningham v. Wood 23 Tenn. 417 1843 0 Tennessee
Cochreham v. Kirkpatrick 48 Tenn. 327 1870 0 Tennessee
Beaufort v. Collier 25 Tenn. 487 1846 0 Tennessee
Woodson v. Smith 38 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 36 Tenn. 597 1857 0 Tennessee
Wallace v. Canaday 36 Tenn. 364 1857 0 Tennessee
Pritchard v. Wallace 36 Tenn. 405 1857 0 Tennessee
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Cash v. State 29 Tenn. 111 1849 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Daniel 29 Tenn. 305 1849 0 Tennessee
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee