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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Childress v. M'Cullough 5 Port. 54 1837 0 Alabama
Williams v. Turner 18 Tenn. 287 1837 0 Tennessee
Irby v. Wilson 21 N.C. 568 1837 0 North Carolina
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Lewis's Adm'rs v. Farrish & Stamp's Administrators 2 Miss. 547 1837 0 Mississippi
Peak v. Ligon 18 Tenn. 469 1837 0 Tennessee
Richmond v. Richmond 18 Tenn. 343 1837 0 Tennessee
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 United States
Lynch v. Commonwealth 6 Watts 495 1837 0 Civil SC of PA.
Dixon v. Allender 18 Wend. 356 1837 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Civil Connecticut
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Neely v. Lyon 18 Tenn. 473 1837 0 Tennessee
Copeland v. Bennet 18 Tenn. 355 1837 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Harris 3 Miss. 627 1837 0 Mississippi
Yarbrough v. Newell 18 Tenn. 376 1837 0 Tennessee