Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
National Grocery Co. v. Kotzebue Fur & Trading Co. 3 Wash. 2d 288 1940 1 Washington
Ex parte Patterson 141 S.W.2d 319 1940 1 Texas
Womack v. McCook Bros. Funeral Home 194 La. 296 1940 1 Louisiana
Bank of Pinehurst v. Derby 218 N.C. 653 1940 1 North Carolina
Bank of Cruger v. Hodge 189 Miss. 356 1940 1 Mississippi
Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp. 143 S.W.2d 208 1940 1 Texas
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Muegge 135 Tex. 520 1940 1 Texas
Norris Bros., Inc. v. Mattinson 145 S.W.2d 204 1940 1 Texas
Shelton Motor Co. v. Higdon 140 S.W.2d 905 1940 1 Texas
Rose v. Bank of Wadesboro 217 N.C. 600 1940 1 North Carolina
Maloney v. Kinkead 130 N.J. Eq. 169 1940 1 New Jersey
Lindsey v. Sturkie 239 Ala. 340 1940 1 Alabama
Grimm v. Pugh 197 So. 641 1940 1 Louisiana
Dalton v. McLean 137 Me. 4 1940 1 Maine
Evans v. Evans 62 Ga. App. 618 1940 1 Georgia
Gray v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. 31 F. Supp. 299 1940 1 United States
Romans v. State 178 Md. 588 1940 1 Maryland
Jackson v. United Gas Public Service Co. 198 So. 633 1940 1 Louisiana
Bennett v. Sinclair Nav. Co. 33 F. Supp. 14 1940 1 United States
Dearholt v. Dearholt 178 Md. 405 1940 1 Maryland