Legal Opinion

In Re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided July 6, 2005No. MDL No. 1491, No. 02 C 7764PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Second Consolidated and Amended Complaint. For the following reasons, the motion is granted with prejudice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case 'arises out of the institution of human chattel slavery as it existed in the North American colonies and the later formed United States of America. The allegations in Plaintiffs’ Second Consolidated and Amended Complaint (“SCAC” or “Complaint”) retell the generally acknowledged horrors of the institution of slavery, and the malignant actions of the…

2Cases cited141 opinions

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In Re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation. Appeals of Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, and Timothy HurdleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  2. Barasich v. Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2006
  3. Rubin v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2005
  4. Clarke v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2025
  5. Debra Ann King v. United States GovernmentDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2026

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