Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Taunton v. Dobbs 240 Ala. 287 1940 1 Alabama
Howe v. Sands 141 Fla. 813 1940 1 Florida
Lee v. Perkins 195 La. 939 1940 1 Louisiana
Gedart v. Ejdrygiewicz 305 Mass. 224 1940 1 Massachusetts
Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore v. Commissioner 42 B.T.A. 145 1940 1 United States
State v. Stephenson 218 N.C. 258 1940 1 North Carolina
Weir v. Partridge 240 Ala. 342 1940 1 Alabama
State Life Ins. v. Hardy 189 Miss. 266 1940 1 Mississippi
Cone v. Benjamin 142 Fla. 604 1940 1 Florida
Fuller v. Scarborough 239 Ala. 681 1940 1 Alabama
Shoemaker v. Coats 218 N.C. 251 1940 1 North Carolina
Hessmer v. Edenborn 199 So. 647 1940 1 Louisiana
Hessmer v. Edenborn 196 La. 575 1940 1 Louisiana
Amerada Petroleum Corp. v. Reese 195 La. 359 1940 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Greenwood 218 N.C. 146 1940 1 North Carolina
Knabb v. Reconstruction Finance Corp. 144 Fla. 110 1940 1 Florida
Crosby v. Burleson 142 Fla. 443 1940 1 Florida
Alderman v. Puritan Dairy, Inc. 145 Fla. 292 1940 1 Florida
Sever v. Yetter 128 N.J. Eq. 367 1940 1 New Jersey
Williamson v. Cox 218 N.C. 177 1940 1 North Carolina