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In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation

Federal class action seeking reparations from corporations including Aetna and Lloyd’s; dismissed in 2004 and 2005, largely upheld on appeal in 2006; closed in 2011.

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25 Oct 2002 – 7 Apr 2011

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  1. 25 Oct 2002 – 7 Apr 2011 In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation
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  1. In re Descendants of African Slavery, 02-MD-01491 (N.D. Ill.), Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, 31 Oct 2021. Scholarship & press
    Aetna Inc. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
    plaintiffs sued eighteen corporate defendants
    On January 26, 2004, Judge Norgle issued an order granting defendants' motion to dismiss.
    Judge Norgle dismissed with case without prejudice, granting Plaintiffs leave to file a second amended complaint.
    In an opinion issued December 13, 2006, Judge Richard Posner affirmed in part and reversed in part the District Court's ruling.
    Judge Posner rejected the district court's decision to bar Plaintiffs' consumer protection-based claims and remanded these claims back to district court for further proceedings.
    The Court denied both petitions.
    The last recorded activity on the docket occurred in 2011.
    R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. The Society of Lloyd's Union Pacific Railway Co.
  2. Judge Throws Out Slavery Reparations Suit, NPR, 28 Jan 2004. Scholarship & press
    A federal judge dismisses a class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for slavery from 19 defendants
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