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
Shelton Motor Co. v. Higdon 140 S.W.2d 905 1940 1 Texas
Kimmell v. Tipton 142 S.W.2d 421 1940 1 Texas
Locklear v. Southeastern Stages, Inc. 193 S.C. 309 1940 1 South Carolina
Ex parte Patterson 141 S.W.2d 319 1940 1 Texas
Lindsey v. Sturkie 239 Ala. 340 1940 1 Alabama
Early v. Burns 142 S.W.2d 260 1940 1 Texas
Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp. 143 S.W.2d 208 1940 1 Texas
Solanics v. Republic Steel Corp. 34 F. Supp. 951 1940 1 United States
Shenton v. Abbott 178 Md. 526 1940 1 Maryland
O'Connor v. Commissioner 110 F.2d 652 1940 1 United States
Central Motor Co. v. Roberson 139 S.W.2d 287 1940 1 Texas
Jones v. Guy 143 S.W.2d 906 1940 1 Texas
Jones v. Guy 135 Tex. 398 1940 1 Texas
Womack v. McCook Bros. Funeral Home, Inc. 193 So. 652 1940 1 Louisiana
Interdiction of Scurto 197 So. 417 1940 1 Louisiana
Smith v. State 62 Ga. App. 733 1940 1 Georgia
In re Estate of Duffy 228 Iowa 426 1940 1 Iowa
Dalton v. McLean 137 Me. 4 1940 1 Maine
In re Roeder's Estate 44 N.M. 429 1940 1 New Mexico