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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Jones 27 Tenn. 705 1848 0 Tennessee
Martin v. Olliver 28 Tenn. 561 1848 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Otey 8 Hum. 563 1847 0 Tennessee
Coles v. Anderson 8 Hum. 489 1847 0 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Foster 46 Va. 695 1848 0 General Ct. of VA
Calmes v. Carruth 12 La. 660 1846 0 Louisiana
F. & C. Turnpike Co. v. Young 27 Tenn. 103 1847 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. James 8 Hum. 537 1847 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Watkins 27 Tenn. 331 1847 0 Tennessee
Hall v. Rodgers 7 Hum. 536 1847 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Merrill 27 Tenn. 132 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. Brown 27 Tenn. 89 1847 0 Tennessee
Mitchell v. Mitchell 27 Tenn. 359 1847 0 Tennessee
Butts v. Armor 164 Pa. 73 1894 1 Pennsylvania
McReynolds v. Neal 27 Tenn. 12 1847 0 Tennessee
Cummins v. Cummins 15 Del. 423 1895 1 Delaware
Hall v. Perry 87 Me. 569 1895 1 Maine
Clough v. Clough 10 Colo. App. 433 1897 1 Colorado
McClave v. Gibb 157 N.Y. 413 1898 1 New York
Jennings v. Hennessy 55 N.Y.S. 833 1899 1 New York