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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Puckett v. James 21 Tenn. 565 1841 0 Tennessee
Jobe v. O'Brien 21 Tenn. 34 1840 0 Tennessee
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Hartsell v. George 22 Tenn. 255 1842 0 Tennessee
Thomas v. Lewis 22 Tenn. 29 1842 0 Tennessee
Sydney v. State 22 Tenn. 478 1842 0 Tennessee
Allen v. Anderson 22 Tenn. 581 1842 0 Tennessee
Pope v. Eakin 22 Tenn. 413 1842 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Thompson 24 Tenn. 397 1844 0 Tennessee
McAlister v. Marberry 23 Tenn. 426 1844 0 Tennessee
Baker v. Barfield 23 Tenn. 514 1844 0 Tennessee
Haynie v. Hall's ex'r 24 Tenn. 290 1844 0 Tennessee
McLane v. Miller 12 Ala. 643 1847 0 Alabama
Thompson v. State 24 Tenn. 138 1844 0 Tennessee
Macon v. State 23 Tenn. 421 1844 0 Tennessee
Gift v. Anderson 24 Tenn. 577 1845 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Epsy 25 Tenn. 447 1846 0 Tennessee
Kennedy v. Williams 26 Tenn. 50 1846 0 Tennessee
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Civil SC of New York
Morris v. Nixon 26 Tenn. 579 1847 0 Tennessee