Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
General Finance Co. of Louisiana v. Evans 196 So. 581 1940 1 Louisiana
White v. Glenn 138 S.W.2d 914 1940 1 Texas
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana
Edwards v. McLawhorn 218 N.C. 543 1940 1 North Carolina
Angelloz v. Humble Oil & Refining Co. 199 So. 656 1940 1 Louisiana
In re Talbot Canning Corp. 35 F. Supp. 680 1940 1 United States
Lerner v. Bischoff 193 So. 236 1940 1 Louisiana
McCune v. Rhodes-Rhyne Manufacturing Co. 217 N.C. 351 1940 1 North Carolina
Heyser v. Crane 144 Fla. 663 1940 1 Florida
Greene v. Baynard 194 La. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
Greene v. Baynard 193 So. 690 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Peyton 194 So. 715 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Kelly 216 N.C. 627 1940 1 North Carolina
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 195 La. 209 1940 1 Louisiana
Bedell v. Lassiter 143 Fla. 43 1940 1 Florida
Somers v. Spaulding 229 Iowa 432 1940 1 Iowa
Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Staley Oil Co. 138 S.W.2d 838 1940 1 Texas
Alexandria Production Credit Ass'n v. Horn 199 So. 430 1940 1 Louisiana
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 196 So. 323 1940 1 Louisiana
Sanns v. Chapman 144 S.W.2d 341 1940 1 Texas