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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Rosson v. Hancock 35 Tenn. 434 1856 0 Tennessee
Upchurch v. Darnall 35 Tenn. 443 1856 0 Tennessee
Hawthorne v. Brown 35 Tenn. 462 1856 0 Tennessee
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Marberry 35 Tenn. 603 1856 0 Tennessee
Shearer v. Smith 35 Tex. 427 1872 0 Texas
Buckley's Administrator v. Howard 35 Tex. 565 1872 0 Texas
Rogers v. Green 35 Tex. 730 1872 0 Texas
Skipwith's Ex'or v. Cunningham 35 Va. 271 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Guilford v. Hicks 36 Ala. 95 1860 0 Alabama
Jones v. Jones 36 Md. 447 1872 0 Maryland
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 North Carolina
Lea v. White 36 Tenn. 111 1856 0 Tennessee
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Baxter v. Stewart 36 Tenn. 213 1856 0 Tennessee