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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gunter v. State 63 Ga. App. 65 1940 1 Georgia
Shenton v. Abbott 178 Md. 526 1940 1 Maryland
Keeter v. Bank of Ellijay 190 Ga. 525 1940 1 Georgia
First National Bank v. Geiger 61 Ga. App. 865 1940 1 Georgia
Atlantic Co. v. Farris 62 Ga. App. 212 1940 1 Georgia
Chapin v. Cummings 191 Ga. 408 1940 1 Georgia
Sanns v. Chapman 144 S.W.2d 341 1940 1 Texas
Heyser v. Crane 144 Fla. 663 1940 1 Florida
State v. Peyton 194 So. 715 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
Davis v. First Nat. Bank of Waco 145 S.W.2d 707 1940 1 Texas
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 195 La. 209 1940 1 Louisiana
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 196 So. 323 1940 1 Louisiana
Bedell v. Lassiter 143 Fla. 43 1940 1 Florida
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
Mitchell v. Bogue 142 Fla. 787 1940 1 Florida
White v. Glenn 138 S.W.2d 914 1940 1 Texas
Northcott v. Texarkana Nat. Bank 142 S.W.2d 535 1940 1 Texas
Chitwood v. Collins 122 W. Va. 267 1940 1 West Virginia