In Re AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVE DESCENDANTS' LITIGATION
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 21, 2003.
July 21, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lionel Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Baptiste and Raoul, Evanston, IL, Benjamin Obi Nwoye, Mendoza & Nwoye, P.C., Chicago, IL, Roger S. Wareham, Thomas Wareham & Richards, Brooklyn, NY, Bryan R. Williams, New York City, Morse Geller, Forest Hills, NY, Diana E. Sammons, Nagel, Rice, Dreifuss & Mazie, Livingston, NJ, Pius Akamdi Obioha, Law Offices of Pius A. Obioha, New Orleans, LA, Gary L. Bledsoe, Law Offices of Gary L. Bledsoe, Harry E. Cantrell, Jr., Cantrell Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza, Cape Town, South Africa, for plaintiffs.
Andrew R. McGaan, Douglas Geoffrey Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco CO.
Thomas F. Gardner, Susan Lynn Winders, Jones Day, Chicago, IL, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
David Michael Kroeger, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Heidi K. Hubbard, Andrew W. Rudge, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for CSX.
Christina M. Tchen, Ryan James Rohlfsen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, Gary DiBianco, Andrew L. Sandler, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, DC, for FleetBoston Financial Corp.
Jack E. McClard, Maya M. Eckstein, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Frank E. Emory, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Charlotte, NC, fro Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
James A. Fletcher, Fletcher & Sippel, LLC, Chicago, IL, Michael J. Barron, Chicago, IL, for Canadian Nat. Railway Co.
Debra Torres, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for Society of Lloyd's.
John Niblock, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, for AETNA, Inc.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
OPINION AND ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge.
Before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion to Appoint a Mediator. For the following reasons, Plaintiffs' motion is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs, who identify themselves as both formerly enslaved African-Americans and descendants of formerly enslaved African-Americans, seek monetary and injunctive relief against various corporate Defendants for present and past wrongs in connection with the institution...
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