Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
Chitwood v. Collins 122 W. Va. 267 1940 1 West Virginia
Mitchell v. Bogue 142 Fla. 787 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
Buxton v. Acadian Production Corp. 35 F. Supp. 543 1940 1 United States
Sanns v. Chapman 144 S.W.2d 341 1940 1 Texas
Greene v. Baynard 193 So. 690 1940 1 Louisiana
Greene v. Baynard 194 La. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
Pottinger v. Southwestern Life Ins. Co. 138 S.W.2d 645 1940 1 Texas
Bedell v. Lassiter 143 Fla. 43 1940 1 Florida
State v. Peyton 194 So. 715 1940 1 Louisiana
Kountze v. Smith 135 Tex. 543 1940 1 Texas
Deimel v. Etheridge 198 So. 537 1940 1 Louisiana
Ascension Nat. Farm Loan Ass'n v. Whitney Nat. Bank of New Orleans 198 So. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Galiano 195 So. 377 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Rabb 193 So. 268 1940 1 Louisiana
In re Richards & Holloway, Inc. 35 F. Supp. 51 1940 1 United States
Mount Olive Baptist Church v. New Zion Baptist Church 5 So. 2d 144 1941 1 Louisiana