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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Malone v. Abbott 22 Tenn. 532 1842 0 Tennessee
Alexander v. Wallace 18 Tenn. 105 1836 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Carruth 17 Tenn. 418 1836 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. Gibson 17 Tenn. 329 1836 0 Tennessee
Abernathy v. Black 42 Tenn. 314 1865 0 Tennessee
Guthrie v. Brown 57 Tenn. 380 1872 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Thomas 67 Tenn. 417 1874 0 Tennessee
Hite v. State 17 Tenn. 198 1836 0 Tennessee
Ferris v. Eichbaum 63 Tenn. 70 1874 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Mayhew 58 Tenn. 596 1872 0 Tennessee
Pope v. Eakin 22 Tenn. 413 1842 0 Tennessee
Douglas v. Morford 16 Tenn. 373 1835 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Thompson 24 Tenn. 397 1844 0 Tennessee
Lillard v. Ruckers 17 Tenn. 64 1836 0 Tennessee
Patton Ex'r. v. Allison 26 Tenn. 320 1846 0 Tennessee
State v. Staten 46 Tenn. 233 1869 0 Tennessee
Keeler v. Nelson 49 Tenn. 4 1870 0 Tennessee
Harrison v. Henderson 54 Tenn. 315 1872 0 Tennessee
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Grisham v. Grisham 16 Tenn. 393 1835 0 Tennessee