Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Stephenson 218 N.C. 258 1940 1 North Carolina
Somers v. Spaulding 229 Iowa 432 1940 1 Iowa
Succession of Rabb 193 So. 268 1940 1 Louisiana
Hargrave v. Turner Lumber Co. 194 La. 285 1940 1 Louisiana
Williamson v. Cox 218 N.C. 177 1940 1 North Carolina
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore v. Commissioner 42 B.T.A. 145 1940 1 United States
Taunton v. Dobbs 240 Ala. 287 1940 1 Alabama
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 196 So. 323 1940 1 Louisiana
Hargrave v. Turner Lumber Co. 193 So. 648 1940 1 Louisiana
Gedart v. Ejdrygiewicz 305 Mass. 224 1940 1 Massachusetts
State v. Peyton 194 So. 715 1940 1 Louisiana
Northcott v. Texarkana Nat. Bank 142 S.W.2d 535 1940 1 Texas
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 195 La. 209 1940 1 Louisiana
Carswell v. Creswell 217 N.C. 40 1940 1 North Carolina
Shoemaker v. Coats 218 N.C. 251 1940 1 North Carolina
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
In re Richards & Holloway, Inc. 35 F. Supp. 51 1940 1 United States
Ascension Nat. Farm Loan Ass'n v. Whitney Nat. Bank of New Orleans 198 So. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana