Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Miller v. Greenwood 218 N.C. 146 1940 1 North Carolina
Succession of Rabb 193 So. 268 1940 1 Louisiana
Warnock v. Warnock 36 Cal. App. 2d 464 1940 1 California
Shoemaker v. Coats 218 N.C. 251 1940 1 North Carolina
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Nuss 196 So. 323 1940 1 Louisiana
State v. White 197 So. 745 1940 1 Louisiana
Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp. 311 U.S. 282 1940 1 United States
Barnett v. D. O. Martin Co. 191 Ga. 11 1940 1 Georgia
Bedell v. Lassiter 143 Fla. 43 1940 1 Florida
State v. Kelly 216 N.C. 627 1940 1 North Carolina
Locklear v. Southeastern Stages, Inc. 193 S.C. 309 1940 1 South Carolina
Shenton v. Abbott 178 Md. 526 1940 1 Maryland
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Carolina Scenic Coach Co. 218 N.C. 233 1940 1 North Carolina
Edwards v. McLawhorn 218 N.C. 543 1940 1 North Carolina
Heyser v. Crane 144 Fla. 663 1940 1 Florida
Lerner v. Bischoff 193 So. 236 1940 1 Louisiana
White v. Glenn 138 S.W.2d 914 1940 1 Texas
Mitchell v. Bogue 142 Fla. 787 1940 1 Florida
Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Staley Oil Co. 138 S.W.2d 838 1940 1 Texas
Pottinger v. Southwestern Life Ins. Co. 138 S.W.2d 645 1940 1 Texas