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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hodges v. Stewart 218 N.C. 290 1940 1 North Carolina
Cullens v. Cullens 187 Miss. 731 1940 1 Mississippi
Grenada Auto Co. v. Waldrop 188 Miss. 468 1940 1 Mississippi
Bank of Pinehurst v. Derby 218 N.C. 653 1940 1 North Carolina
Leopold v. Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. 109 F.2d 611 1940 1 United States
Rose v. Bank of Wadesboro 217 N.C. 600 1940 1 North Carolina
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 194 La. 352 1940 1 Louisiana
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana
In re Smith 218 N.C. 161 1940 1 North Carolina
State Life Ins. v. Hardy 189 Miss. 266 1940 1 Mississippi
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Peyton 194 So. 715 1940 1 Louisiana
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana
Sanns v. Chapman 144 S.W.2d 341 1940 1 Texas
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 196 So. 323 1940 1 Louisiana
Torreyson v. Dutton 145 Fla. 169 1940 1 Florida
In re Talbot Canning Corp. 35 F. Supp. 680 1940 1 United States
Heyser v. Crane 144 Fla. 663 1940 1 Florida
Northcott v. Texarkana Nat. Bank 142 S.W.2d 535 1940 1 Texas
Hargrave v. Turner Lumber Co. 193 So. 648 1940 1 Louisiana