Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore v. Commissioner 42 B.T.A. 145 1940 1 United States
Carswell v. Creswell 217 N.C. 40 1940 1 North Carolina
Miller v. Greenwood 218 N.C. 146 1940 1 North Carolina
Lee v. Perkins 195 La. 939 1940 1 Louisiana
Lee v. Perkins 197 So. 607 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Rabb 193 So. 268 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Stephenson 218 N.C. 258 1940 1 North Carolina
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
Deimel v. Etheridge 198 So. 537 1940 1 Louisiana
Williamson v. Cox 218 N.C. 177 1940 1 North Carolina
Hessmer v. Edenborn 196 La. 575 1940 1 Louisiana
Grenada Auto Co. v. Waldrop 188 Miss. 468 1940 1 Mississippi
State Life Ins. v. Hardy 189 Miss. 266 1940 1 Mississippi
Greene v. Baynard 193 So. 690 1940 1 Louisiana
Heyser v. Crane 144 Fla. 663 1940 1 Florida
Greene v. Baynard 194 La. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 196 So. 323 1940 1 Louisiana
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana
Pottinger v. Southwestern Life Ins. Co. 138 S.W.2d 645 1940 1 Texas
Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Staley Oil Co. 138 S.W.2d 838 1940 1 Texas