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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Farnsworth v. Earnest 26 Tenn. 24 1846 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Barnes v. Shannonhouse 29 N.C. 9 1846 0 North Carolina
Haydel v. Roussel 1 La. Ann. 35 1846 0 Louisiana
Chilton v. Cox 15 Miss. 791 1846 0 Mississippi
Simpson v. Simpson 26 Tenn. 275 1846 0 Tennessee
Ballard v. Jones 25 Tenn. 455 1846 0 Tennessee
Spear v. Walkley 10 Ala. 328 1846 0 Alabama
Lyon v. Jones 25 Tenn. 533 1846 0 Tennessee
Fisher v. Cummings 26 Tenn. 232 1846 0 Tennessee
Bank of Tennessee v. Turney 26 Tenn. 271 1846 0 Tennessee
Bernard v. Auguste 1 La. Ann. 69 1846 1 Louisiana
Rogers v. Vines 28 N.C. 293 1846 0 North Carolina
Runyan v. Caldwell 7 Hum. 134 1846 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Petigrew 25 Tenn. 438 1846 0 Tennessee
Mudd v. Turton 4 Gill 233 1846 0 Maryland
Thornton v. Demoss 13 Miss. 609 1846 0 Mississippi
Harrold v. Gillespie 7 Hum. 57 1846 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Porter 7 Hum. 373 1846 0 Tennessee
John v. Tate 7 Hum. 388 1846 0 Tennessee
Smith v. McMicken 12 La. 653 1846 1 Louisiana