Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Wood v. Cook 31 Ill. 271 1863 1 Illinois
People v. Oliff 361 Ill. 237 1935 1 Illinois
People v. Bartkus 7 Ill. 2d 138 1955 1 Illinois
Preston Kean & Co. v. Ayers 2 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 498 1878 1 Illinois
Thompson v. Owen 174 Ill. 229 1898 1 Illinois
Gardner v. Watson 13 Ill. 347 1851 1 Illinois
Graybeal v. Gardner 146 Ill. 337 1893 1 Illinois
Kershaw v. Kershaw 102 Ill. 307 1882 1 Illinois
People v. Keithley 158 Ill. App. 11 1910 1 Illinois
Bush v. Hamill 273 Ill. 132 1916 1 Illinois
Howe v. Hodge 152 Ill. 252 1894 1 Illinois
Pfirshing v. Peterson 98 Ill. App. 70 1901 1 Illinois
McDonough v. Hanifan 7 Ill. App. 50 1880 1 Illinois
S. Dwight Eaton Co. v. Kelly 45 Ill. App. 533 1892 1 Illinois
Dillman v. Nadelhoffer 56 Ill. App. 517 1894 1 Illinois
Bittinger v. Kasten 111 Ill. 260 1884 1 Illinois
McFall v. Kirkpatrick 236 Ill. 281 1908 1 Illinois
People v. Huffman 182 Ill. 390 1899 1 Illinois
Benedict v. Dakin 148 Ill. App. 301 1909 1 Illinois
Rothschild & Co. v. Steger & Sons Piano Manufacturing Co. 174 Ill. App. 381 1912 1 Illinois