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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Eells v. People 5 Ill. 497 1843 0 Criminal Illinois
Willis v. Watson 5 Ill. 64 1842 1 Illinois
Stowell v. Bair 5 Ill. App. 104 1880 1 Illinois
Hardin v. Eames 5 Ill. App. 153 1880 1 Illinois
Davis v. Blackwell 5 Ill. App. 32 1880 1 Illinois
Lacey v. Baker 5 Ill. App. 426 1880 1 Illinois
Barr v. Wilmington Coal Mining & Manufacturing Co. 5 Ill. App. 442 1880 1 Illinois
Gale v. Rector 5 Ill. App. 481 1879 1 Illinois
Talcott v. Brackett 5 Ill. App. 60 1880 1 Illinois
Johnston v. Beeney 5 Ill. App. 601 1880 1 Illinois
New-Albany & Salem Railroad v. Pickens 5 Ind. 247 1854 1 Indiana
Diffenderfer v. Scott 5 Ind. App. 243 1892 1 Indiana
Cochran v. Ward 5 Ind. App. 89 1892 1 Indiana
Lepage v. McNamara 5 Iowa 124 1857 1 Iowa
Cavender v. Heirs of Smith 5 Iowa 157 1857 1 Iowa
Frank v. Purington 5 Iowa 345 1857 1 Iowa
Rudolf v. Covell 5 Iowa 525 1858 1 Iowa
In the Case of Tom 5 Johns. 365 1810 0 Civil SC of New York
Van Alst v. Hunter 5 Johns. Ch. 148 1821 0 Civil Chancery Court of New York
Van Horne v. Fonda 5 Johns. Ch. 388 1821 0 Chancery Court of New York