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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Succession of Martin 7 La. Ann. 45 1852 0 Louisiana
Gandy v. Taintor 7 La. Ann. 540 1852 0 Louisiana
Succession of Pipkin 7 La. Ann. 617 1852 0 Louisiana
Arsene v. Pigneguy 2 La. Ann. 620 1847 0 Louisiana
Cumming v. Biossatt 2 La. Ann. 794 1847 0 Louisiana
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Searcy v. Carter 36 Tenn. 271 1856 0 Tennessee
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Nichols v. Cheairs 36 Tenn. 229 1856 0 Tennessee
Meredith v. Owen 36 Tenn. 223 1856 0 Tennessee