Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Peyton 194 So. 715 1940 1 Louisiana
Kountze v. Smith 135 Tex. 543 1940 1 Texas
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
Mitchell v. Bogue 142 Fla. 787 1940 1 Florida
Greene v. Baynard 193 So. 690 1940 1 Louisiana
Greene v. Baynard 194 La. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
In re Talbot Canning Corp. 35 F. Supp. 680 1940 1 United States
Bedell v. Lassiter 143 Fla. 43 1940 1 Florida
White v. Glenn 138 S.W.2d 914 1940 1 Texas
Buxton v. Acadian Production Corp. 35 F. Supp. 543 1940 1 United States
Sanns v. Chapman 144 S.W.2d 341 1940 1 Texas
Davis v. First Nat. Bank of Waco 145 S.W.2d 707 1940 1 Texas
Somers v. Spaulding 229 Iowa 432 1940 1 Iowa
Chitwood v. Collins 122 W. Va. 267 1940 1 West Virginia
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana
Northcott v. Texarkana Nat. Bank 142 S.W.2d 535 1940 1 Texas
Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Staley Oil Co. 138 S.W.2d 838 1940 1 Texas
Hargrave v. Turner Lumber Co. 193 So. 648 1940 1 Louisiana
Pierson v. Pierson 136 Tex. 310 1941 1 Texas