Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hodges v. Stewart 218 N.C. 290 1940 1 North Carolina
Early v. Burns 142 S.W.2d 260 1940 1 Texas
North v. Delta Chevrolet Co. 188 Miss. 252 1940 1 Mississippi
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
Woods v. Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. 141 S.W.2d 972 1940 1 Texas
Calvert v. Hanna 140 S.W.2d 976 1940 1 Texas
Leopold v. Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. 109 F.2d 611 1940 1 United States
Martin v. State 190 Miss. 32 1940 1 Mississippi
Hartman v. Hartman 135 Tex. 596 1940 1 Texas
Jones v. Guy 143 S.W.2d 906 1940 1 Texas
Jones v. Guy 135 Tex. 398 1940 1 Texas
Whitehead v. Puffer 187 Miss. 193 1940 1 Mississippi
Hughes v. Van Bruggen 44 N.M. 534 1940 1 New Mexico
Jones v. Waldroup 217 N.C. 178 1940 1 North Carolina
Rose v. Bank of Wadesboro 217 N.C. 600 1940 1 North Carolina
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Woods v. State 190 Miss. 28 1940 1 Mississippi
Harnsberger v. Nicholas 176 Va. 255 1940 1 Virginia
Hope v. Madison 194 La. 337 1940 1 Louisiana