Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Kinney v. Glenn 240 Ala. 202 1940 1 Alabama
Hays v. McCarty 239 Ala. 400 1940 1 Alabama
Fitch v. Fitch 229 Iowa 349 1940 1 Iowa
Murchinson v. State 30 Ala. App. 15 1940 1 Alabama
Esco v. Davidson 238 Ala. 653 1940 1 Alabama
Sanns v. Chapman 144 S.W.2d 341 1940 1 Texas
Shoemaker v. Coats 218 N.C. 251 1940 1 North Carolina
Williamson v. Cox 218 N.C. 177 1940 1 North Carolina
Gedart v. Ejdrygiewicz 305 Mass. 224 1940 1 Massachusetts
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana
Heyser v. Crane 144 Fla. 663 1940 1 Florida
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore v. Commissioner 42 B.T.A. 145 1940 1 United States
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
Torreyson v. Dutton 145 Fla. 169 1940 1 Florida
Greene v. Baynard 194 La. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
Warnock v. Warnock 36 Cal. App. 2d 464 1940 1 California
Mitchell v. Bogue 142 Fla. 787 1940 1 Florida
In re Talbot Canning Corp. 35 F. Supp. 680 1940 1 United States
State v. Stephenson 218 N.C. 258 1940 1 North Carolina