Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Woods v. State 190 Miss. 28 1940 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance 217 N.C. 139 1940 1 North Carolina
Witherspoon v. G. Heileman Brewing Co. 144 S.W.2d 1017 1940 1 Texas
Bank of Cruger v. Hodge 189 Miss. 356 1940 1 Mississippi
Bank of Pinehurst v. Derby 218 N.C. 653 1940 1 North Carolina
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Muegge 135 Tex. 520 1940 1 Texas
Stewart v. Johnson 142 Fla. 425 1940 1 Florida
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. W. H. King Drug Co. 217 N.C. 502 1940 1 North Carolina
Heidt v. Wallace 239 Ala. 246 1940 1 Alabama
Wetherbee v. Lodwick Lumber Co. 194 La. 352 1940 1 Louisiana
Ex parte Patterson 141 S.W.2d 319 1940 1 Texas
Calvert v. Hanna 140 S.W.2d 976 1940 1 Texas
Hartman v. Hartman 135 Tex. 596 1940 1 Texas
Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp. 143 S.W.2d 208 1940 1 Texas
Jones v. Waldroup 217 N.C. 178 1940 1 North Carolina
Fisher v. Jordan 116 F.2d 183 1940 1 United States
Early v. Burns 142 S.W.2d 260 1940 1 Texas
Woods v. Hardware Mut. Casualty Co. 141 S.W.2d 972 1940 1 Texas
Commercial Credit Co. v. Davidson 112 F.2d 54 1940 1 United States
Cullens v. Cullens 187 Miss. 731 1940 1 Mississippi