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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Diversey v. Johnson 93 Ill. 547 1879 1 Illinois
Wellington v. Heermans 110 Ill. 564 1884 1 Illinois
Warner v. Bullen 123 Ill. App. 138 1905 1 Illinois
Cornell v. People ex rel. Walsh 107 Ill. 372 1883 1 Illinois
Mills v. Graves 38 Ill. 455 1865 1 Illinois
Smith v. Heath 102 Ill. 130 1882 1 Illinois
Rutz v. Kehn 143 Ill. 558 1892 1 Illinois
Lane v. Thorn 103 Ill. App. 215 1902 1 Illinois
Taylor v. Feinberg 383 Ill. App. 3d 992 2008 1 Illinois
Preston Kean & Co. v. Ayers 2 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 498 1878 1 Illinois
People v. Gray 261 Ill. 140 1913 1 Illinois
People ex rel. Morrison v. Cregier 138 Ill. 401 1891 1 Illinois
People ex rel. Kaiser v. Medart 63 Ill. App. 111 1896 1 Illinois
Townsend v. Chicago Union Traction Co. 1 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 312 1905 1 Illinois
Negro Nest, LLC v. Mid-Northern Management, Inc. 362 Ill. App. 3d 640 2005 1 Illinois
Wentworth v. Read 61 Ill. App. 539 1895 1 Illinois
Willard v. People 5 Ill. 461 1843 1 Illinois
Rhines v. Phelps 8 Ill. 455 1846 1 Illinois
Middleton v. Pritchard 4 Ill. 510 1842 1 Illinois
Arms v. City of Knoxville 32 Ill. App. 604 1889 1 Illinois