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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Lester's Case 23 Tenn. 383 1843 0 Tennessee
Bond v. Greenwald 51 Tenn. 453 1871 1 Tennessee
Stone v. State 23 Tenn. 27 1843 0 Tennessee
State v. Love 23 Tenn. 255 1843 0 Tennessee
Swanson v. White 24 Tenn. 373 1844 0 Tennessee
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Chapple v. State 124 Tenn. 105 1910 1 Tennessee
Planters' Bank v. Henderson 23 Tenn. 75 1843 0 Tennessee
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Alston v. Boyd 25 Tenn. 504 1846 0 Tennessee
Wade v. Roberts 25 Tenn. 124 1845 0 Tennessee
Traynor v. Johnson 40 Tenn. 44 1859 0 Tennessee
Pappas v. State 135 Tenn. 499 1916 1 Tennessee
Hunter v. State 158 Tenn. 63 1928 1 Tennessee
Sowder v. Sowder 37 Tenn. 502 1858 1 Tennessee
Smith v. Johnson 49 Tenn. 225 1870 1 Tennessee
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee