Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Greenwood 218 N.C. 146 1940 1 North Carolina
Deimel v. Etheridge 198 So. 537 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Galiano 195 So. 377 1940 1 Louisiana
In re Richards & Holloway, Inc. 35 F. Supp. 51 1940 1 United States
Himel v. Connely 195 La. 769 1940 1 Louisiana
Himel v. Connely 197 So. 424 1940 1 Louisiana
Succession of Rabb 193 So. 268 1940 1 Louisiana
Ascension Nat. Farm Loan Ass'n v. Whitney Nat. Bank of New Orleans 198 So. 409 1940 1 Louisiana
Taunton v. Dobbs 240 Ala. 287 1940 1 Alabama
Lee v. Perkins 195 La. 939 1940 1 Louisiana
Grenada Auto Co. v. Waldrop 188 Miss. 468 1940 1 Mississippi
State v. Peyton 194 La. 681 1940 1 Louisiana
Warnock v. Warnock 36 Cal. App. 2d 464 1940 1 California
Somers v. Spaulding 229 Iowa 432 1940 1 Iowa
In re Talbot Canning Corp. 35 F. Supp. 680 1940 1 United States
Greene v. Baynard 193 So. 690 1940 1 Louisiana
Spears v. St. Charles Dairy, Inc. 194 So. 738 1940 1 Louisiana
Torreyson v. Dutton 145 Fla. 169 1940 1 Florida
Buxton v. Acadian Production Corp. 35 F. Supp. 543 1940 1 United States