Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Roberts v. Peacock 141 Fla. 214 1940 1 Florida
Cone v. Benjamin 142 Fla. 604 1940 1 Florida
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore v. Commissioner 42 B.T.A. 145 1940 1 United States
Himel v. Connely 197 So. 424 1940 1 Louisiana
Himel v. Connely 195 La. 769 1940 1 Louisiana
Crosby v. Burleson 142 Fla. 443 1940 1 Florida
Sever v. Yetter 128 N.J. Eq. 367 1940 1 New Jersey
Williamson v. Cox 218 N.C. 177 1940 1 North Carolina
Amerada Petroleum Corp. v. Reese 195 La. 359 1940 1 Louisiana
Fuller v. Scarborough 239 Ala. 681 1940 1 Alabama
Amerada Petroleum Corp. v. Reese 196 So. 558 1940 1 Louisiana
Howe v. Sands 141 Fla. 813 1940 1 Florida
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
Hessmer v. Edenborn 196 La. 575 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Stephenson 218 N.C. 258 1940 1 North Carolina
In re Franklin Savings & Loan Co. 34 F. Supp. 661 1940 1 United States
Alderman v. Puritan Dairy, Inc. 145 Fla. 292 1940 1 Florida
Carswell v. Creswell 217 N.C. 40 1940 1 North Carolina
Taunton v. Dobbs 240 Ala. 287 1940 1 Alabama
Gedart v. Ejdrygiewicz 305 Mass. 224 1940 1 Massachusetts