In re AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVE DESCENDANTS LITIGATION.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 6, 2005.
July 6, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Benjamin Obi Nwoye, Mendoza & Nwoye, P.C., Chicago, IL, Bryan R. Williams, New York, NY, Diana E. Sammons, Nagel, Rice, Dreifuss & Mazie, Livingston, NJ, Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza, Cape Town, South Africa, Gary L. Bledsoe, Law Offices of Gary L. Bledsoe, Austin, TX, Harry E. Cantrell, Jr., Cantrell Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Lionel Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Baptiste and Raoul, Evanston, IL, Morse Geller, Forest Hills, NY, Pius Akamdi Obioha, Law Offices of Pius A. Obioha, New Orleans, LA, Roger S. Wareham, Thomas Wareham & Richards, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiffs.
Andrew R. McGaan, Douglas Geoffrey Smith, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Thomas F. Gardner, Susan Lynn Winders, Jones Day, David Michael Kroeger, Jenner & Block, LLC, Christina M. Tchen, Ryan James Rohlfsen, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP, Michael J. Barron, Canadian National Railway Company, James A. Fletcher, Fletcher & Sippel, LLC, James A. Morsch, Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP, Edward M. Shin, Greenberg Traurig, LLP., Lawrence E. Kennon, Power & Dixon, Roland W. Burris, Burris, Wright, Slaughter and Tom, LLP, Chicago, IL, Heidi K. Hubbard, Andrew W. Rudge, Williams & Connolly, Gary DiBianco, Andrew L. Sandler, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, John Niblock, John H. Beisner, Pammela Quinn, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Marco E. Schnabl, Vaughn C. Williams, William J. Hine, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Debra Torres, John W. Brewer, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Ann Cara Turetsky, O'Melveny & Myers Times Square Tower, Vincent R. FitzPatrick, Jr., White & Case, New York, NY, Jack E. McClard, Maya M. Eckstein, Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Frank E. Emory, Jr., Hunton & Williams Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC, Edward D. Fagan, Fagan & Associates, Livingston, NJ, Joseph M. Wright, Chief Deputy Court Administrator State of Michigan, Detroit, MI, Robert Notzon, Law Office of Robert Notzon, Austin, TX, for Defendants.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
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...
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