Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Hartman v. Hartman 135 Tex. 596 1940 1 Texas
Martin v. State 190 Miss. 32 1940 1 Mississippi
In re Industrial Homestead Ass'n 198 So. 528 1940 1 Louisiana
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance 217 N.C. 139 1940 1 North Carolina
Sanderson v. Ætna Life Insurance 218 N.C. 270 1940 1 North Carolina
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 194 La. 352 1940 1 Louisiana
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. W. H. King Drug Co. 217 N.C. 502 1940 1 North Carolina
Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp. 143 S.W.2d 208 1940 1 Texas
State v. Neuhart 228 Iowa 1055 1940 1 Iowa
Succession of Butterworth 195 La. 115 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Shelton Motor Co. v. Higdon 140 S.W.2d 905 1940 1 Texas
Smith ex rel. Smith v. Mears 218 N.C. 193 1940 1 North Carolina
Continental Casualty Co. v. Miller 135 S.W.2d 501 1940 1 Texas
In re Shapiro 35 F. Supp. 579 1940 1 United States
Jackson v. United Gas Public Service Co. 198 So. 633 1940 1 Louisiana
Smith v. State 62 Ga. App. 733 1940 1 Georgia
Coddington v. Stone 217 N.C. 714 1940 1 North Carolina