Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. White 197 So. 745 1940 1 Louisiana
Locklear v. Southeastern Stages, Inc. 193 S.C. 309 1940 1 South Carolina
Chitwood v. Collins 122 W. Va. 267 1940 1 West Virginia
Davis v. First Nat. Bank of Waco 145 S.W.2d 707 1940 1 Texas
Buxton v. Acadian Production Corp. 35 F. Supp. 543 1940 1 United States
State v. Peyton 194 So. 715 1940 1 Louisiana
Warnock v. Warnock 36 Cal. App. 2d 464 1940 1 California
Mitchell v. Bogue 142 Fla. 787 1940 1 Florida
Pottinger v. Southwestern Life Ins. Co. 138 S.W.2d 645 1940 1 Texas
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
Torreyson v. Dutton 145 Fla. 169 1940 1 Florida
Ascension Nat. Farm Loan Ass'n v. Whitney Nat. Bank of New Orleans 198 So. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
Bedell v. Lassiter 143 Fla. 43 1940 1 Florida
In re Richards & Holloway, Inc. 35 F. Supp. 51 1940 1 United States
State Life Ins. v. Hardy 189 Miss. 266 1940 1 Mississippi
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Butterworth 195 La. 115 1940 1 Louisiana
Cullens v. Cullens 187 Miss. 731 1940 1 Mississippi
Hodges v. Stewart 218 N.C. 290 1940 1 North Carolina
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana