Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bailey v. Federal Land Bank 217 N.C. 512 1940 1 North Carolina
Hartman v. Hartman 135 Tex. 596 1940 1 Texas
Leopold v. Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. 109 F.2d 611 1940 1 United States
Calvert v. Hanna 140 S.W.2d 976 1940 1 Texas
Succession of Butterworth 195 La. 115 1940 1 Louisiana
Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp. 143 S.W.2d 208 1940 1 Texas
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance 217 N.C. 139 1940 1 North Carolina
Fisher v. Jordan 116 F.2d 183 1940 1 United States
Continental Casualty Co. v. Miller 135 S.W.2d 501 1940 1 Texas
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Jones v. Waldroup 217 N.C. 178 1940 1 North Carolina
Shelton Motor Co. v. Higdon 140 S.W.2d 905 1940 1 Texas
Solanics v. Republic Steel Corp. 34 F. Supp. 951 1940 1 United States
Fain v. Amend 164 Or. 123 1940 1 Oregon
Whitehead v. Puffer 187 Miss. 193 1940 1 Mississippi
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. W. H. King Drug Co. 217 N.C. 502 1940 1 North Carolina
Sanderson v. Ætna Life Insurance 218 N.C. 270 1940 1 North Carolina
Witherspoon v. G. Heileman Brewing Co. 144 S.W.2d 1017 1940 1 Texas
Martin v. State 190 Miss. 32 1940 1 Mississippi
Ex parte Patterson 141 S.W.2d 319 1940 1 Texas