IN RE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVE DESCENDANTS LITIGATION

No. MDL 1491, 02 C 7764.

307 F.Supp.2d 977 (2004)

In re AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVE DESCENDANTS LITIGATION

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

January 26, 2004.


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, Harry E. Cantrell, Jr., Cantrell Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Gary L. Bledsoe, Law Offices of Gary L. Bledsoe, Austin, TX, Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza, Cape Town, South Africa, for plaintiffs.

Andrew R. McGaan, Douglas Geoffrey Smith, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Thomas F. Gardner, Susan Lynn Winders, David Michael Kroeger, Jenner & Block, LLC, Christina M. Tchen, Ryan James Rohlfsen, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP, James A. Fletcher, Fletcher & Sippel, LLC, Michael J. Barron, Chicago, IL, Heidi K. Hubbard, Andrew W. Rudge, Williams & Connolly, Gary DiBianco, Andrew L. Sandler, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, John Niblock, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Jack E. McClard, Maya M. Eckstein, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Frank E. Emory, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Charlotte, NC, Debra Torres, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion to Recuse. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 25, 2002, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred certain actions to this court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. See In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation, 231...

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