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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Gass v. Mason 36 Tenn. 497 1857 0 Tennessee
Moses v. State 11 Hum. 232 1850 0 Tennessee
Gold v. Vaughan 36 Tenn. 247 1856 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Speight 11 Hum. 451 1850 0 Tennessee
Burgner v. Burgner 58 Tenn. 729 1872 0 Tennessee
State v. Gossage 2 Swan 263 1852 0 Tennessee
Runyan v. Caldwell 7 Hum. 134 1846 0 Tennessee
Ware v. Sharp 1 Swan 489 1852 0 Tennessee
Worley v. State 11 Hum. 172 1850 0 Tennessee
Craddock v. Cabiness 1 Swan 474 1852 0 Tennessee
Jones v. White 11 Hum. 268 1850 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatly 11 Hum. 556 1851 0 Tennessee
Eaves v. Gillespie 1 Swan 128 1851 0 Tennessee
Young v. Young 47 Tenn. 461 1870 0 Tennessee
McLain v. Ferrell 1 Swan 48 1851 0 Tennessee
Litton v. Baldwin 27 Tenn. 209 1847 0 Tennessee
Owen v. Hancock 38 Tenn. 563 1858 0 Tennessee
Kirby v. Miller 44 Tenn. 3 1867 0 Tennessee
Ocoee Bank v. Nelson 41 Tenn. 186 1860 0 Tennessee
Hoyle v. Smith 38 Tenn. 90 1858 0 Tennessee