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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
Himel v. Connely 197 So. 424 1940 1 Louisiana
In re Smith 218 N.C. 161 1940 1 North Carolina
Fisher v. Jordan 116 F.2d 183 1940 1 United States
Reynolds v. Commissioner 114 F.2d 804 1940 1 United States
Shelton Motor Co. v. Higdon 140 S.W.2d 905 1940 1 Texas
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana
Early v. Burns 142 S.W.2d 260 1940 1 Texas
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Martin v. State 190 Miss. 32 1940 1 Mississippi
Himel v. Connely 195 La. 769 1940 1 Louisiana
Smith ex rel. Smith v. Mears 218 N.C. 193 1940 1 North Carolina
Succession of Butterworth 195 La. 115 1940 1 Louisiana
North v. Delta Chevrolet Co. 188 Miss. 252 1940 1 Mississippi
State Life Ins. v. Hardy 189 Miss. 266 1940 1 Mississippi
Continental Casualty Co. v. Miller 135 S.W.2d 501 1940 1 Texas
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Grenada Auto Co. v. Waldrop 188 Miss. 468 1940 1 Mississippi
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 196 So. 323 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. White 197 So. 745 1940 1 Louisiana