Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Bank of Pinehurst v. Derby 218 N.C. 653 1940 1 North Carolina
Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp. 143 S.W.2d 208 1940 1 Texas
General Finance Co. of Louisiana v. Evans 196 So. 581 1940 1 Louisiana
Kimmell v. Tipton 142 S.W.2d 421 1940 1 Texas
Cullens v. Cullens 187 Miss. 731 1940 1 Mississippi
Keen v. Parker 217 N.C. 378 1940 1 North Carolina
Shelton Motor Co. v. Higdon 140 S.W.2d 905 1940 1 Texas
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Muegge 135 Tex. 520 1940 1 Texas
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 194 La. 352 1940 1 Louisiana
Leopold v. Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. 109 F.2d 611 1940 1 United States
Woods v. Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. 141 S.W.2d 972 1940 1 Texas
Norris Bros., Inc. v. Mattinson 145 S.W.2d 204 1940 1 Texas
McCune v. Rhodes-Rhyne Manufacturing Co. 217 N.C. 351 1940 1 North Carolina
Edwards v. McLawhorn 218 N.C. 543 1940 1 North Carolina
State v. Kelly 216 N.C. 627 1940 1 North Carolina
Central Motor Co. v. Roberson 139 S.W.2d 287 1940 1 Texas
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Scenic Coach Co. 218 N.C. 233 1940 1 North Carolina
Sanderson v. Ætna Life Insurance 218 N.C. 270 1940 1 North Carolina