Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State Life Ins. v. Hardy 189 Miss. 266 1940 1 Mississippi
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. W. H. King Drug Co. 217 N.C. 502 1940 1 North Carolina
Hodges v. Stewart 218 N.C. 290 1940 1 North Carolina
Succession of Butterworth 196 So. 39 1940 1 Louisiana
Lee v. Perkins 195 La. 939 1940 1 Louisiana
Jones v. Waldroup 217 N.C. 178 1940 1 North Carolina
Woods v. State 190 Miss. 28 1940 1 Mississippi
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Himel v. Connely 195 La. 769 1940 1 Louisiana
Whitehead v. Puffer 187 Miss. 193 1940 1 Mississippi
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 193 So. 671 1940 1 Louisiana
Lee v. Perkins 197 So. 607 1940 1 Louisiana
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 194 La. 352 1940 1 Louisiana
Miller v. Greenwood 218 N.C. 146 1940 1 North Carolina
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance 217 N.C. 139 1940 1 North Carolina
Sanderson v. Ætna Life Insurance 218 N.C. 270 1940 1 North Carolina
Taunton v. Dobbs 240 Ala. 287 1940 1 Alabama
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