Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Butterworth 195 La. 115 1940 1 Louisiana
In re Smith 218 N.C. 161 1940 1 North Carolina
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
In re Industrial Homestead Ass'n 198 So. 528 1940 1 Louisiana
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. W. H. King Drug Co. 217 N.C. 502 1940 1 North Carolina
Leopold v. Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. 109 F.2d 611 1940 1 United States
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance 217 N.C. 139 1940 1 North Carolina
State v. White 195 La. 1028 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Sanderson v. Ætna Life Insurance 218 N.C. 270 1940 1 North Carolina
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana
Hamby v. Northcut 25 Tenn. App. 11 1940 1 Tennessee
Martin v. State 190 Miss. 32 1940 1 Mississippi
State v. Kelly 216 N.C. 627 1940 1 North Carolina
Bank of Pinehurst v. Derby 218 N.C. 653 1940 1 North Carolina
Whitehead v. Puffer 187 Miss. 193 1940 1 Mississippi
Jones v. Waldroup 217 N.C. 178 1940 1 North Carolina
Rose v. Bank of Wadesboro 217 N.C. 600 1940 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Scenic Coach Co. 218 N.C. 233 1940 1 North Carolina
Smith ex rel. Smith v. Mears 218 N.C. 193 1940 1 North Carolina