Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Estill v. Deckerd 63 Tenn. 497 1874 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Daniel 29 Tenn. 305 1849 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Scanland v. Settle 19 Tenn. 169 1837 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Floyd 18 Tenn. 520 1837 0 Tennessee
Conner v. State 25 Ga. 515 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Cocke v. Trotter 18 Tenn. 213 1836 0 Tennessee
Drumright v. Jones 39 N.C. 253 1846 0 North Carolina
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Lide v. Lide's Adm'r 32 Ala. 449 1858 0 Alabama
Thomas v. Scruggs 18 Tenn. 400 1837 0 Tennessee
Worley’s Adm’rx v. High’s Adm’r 40 Ala. 171 1866 0 Alabama
Anderson v. Brooks 11 Ala. 953 1847 0 Alabama
Armstrong ex rel. Cloud v. Martin 18 N.C. 397 1835 0 North Carolina
Bell's Adm'r v. Nichols 38 Ala. 678 1863 0 Alabama
Sugg v. Burgess 2 Stew. 509 1830 0 Alabama