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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Scofield v. Olcott 120 Ill. 362 1887 1 Illinois
Forbes v. Williams 13 Ill. App. 280 1883 1 Illinois
Thompson v. People 125 Ill. 256 1888 1 Illinois
Bittinger v. Kasten 111 Ill. 260 1884 1 Illinois
Dillman v. Nadelhoffer 56 Ill. App. 517 1894 1 Illinois
Pfirshing v. Peterson 98 Ill. App. 70 1901 1 Illinois
Home Life Insurance Co. of New York v. State 2 Ill. Ct. Cl. 50 1908 1 Illinois
Cook v. Meyers 166 Ill. 282 1897 1 Illinois
Dorsey v. Dodson 203 Ill. 32 1903 1 Illinois
Dickinson v. Ridgely 188 Ill. App. 252 1914 1 Illinois
A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois, Inc. v. Giannoulias 401 Ill. App. 3d 326 2010 1 Illinois
Lake v. Freer 11 Ill. App. 576 1882 1 Illinois
Dikeman v. Sunday Creek Coal Co. 184 Ill. 546 1900 1 Illinois
Auger v. Tatham 191 Ill. 296 1901 1 Illinois
Oglesby v. Foley 153 Ill. 19 1894 1 Illinois
Schmidt v. Shaver 196 Ill. 108 1902 1 Illinois
Bates v. Gillett 132 Ill. 287 1890 1 Illinois
Hutchinson v. Ayres 117 Ill. 558 1886 1 Illinois
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Field 135 Ill. 112 1890 1 Illinois
In re Estate of Bartolini 285 Ill. App. 3d 613 1996 1 inheritance Illinois