Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. White 195 La. 1028 1940 1 Louisiana
Lassiter v. Bank of Dawson 191 Ga. 208 1940 1 Georgia
Shenton v. Abbott 178 Md. 526 1940 1 Maryland
Hamby v. Northcut 25 Tenn. App. 11 1940 1 Tennessee
Locklear v. Southeastern Stages, Inc. 193 S.C. 309 1940 1 South Carolina
Arrington v. Arrington 189 Ga. 725 1940 1 Georgia
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
Steen v. Scott 144 Fla. 702 1940 1 Florida
Kennedy v. State 191 Ga. 22 1940 1 Georgia
Trustees of Jesse Parker Williams Hospital v. Nisbet 189 Ga. 807 1940 1 Georgia
Chapin v. Cummings 191 Ga. 408 1940 1 Georgia
Atlantic Co. v. Farris 62 Ga. App. 212 1940 1 Georgia
Reynolds v. Hyers 190 Ga. 200 1940 1 Georgia
Creswell v. State 61 Ga. App. 828 1940 1 Georgia
Crews v. Roberson 62 Ga. App. 855 1940 1 Georgia
State v. Kelly 216 N.C. 627 1940 1 North Carolina
Groover v. Cudahy Packing Co. 61 Ga. App. 707 1940 1 Georgia
Community Loan & Investment Corp. v. Bowden 64 Ga. App. 175 1940 1 Georgia
Hemphill v. Hemphill 62 Ga. App. 358 1940 1 Georgia