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Flinn v. City of Evanston

1:24-cv-04269 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 23, 2024

This is a lawsuit challenging an Evanston, Illinois program that offers reparations to Black Americans for past housing discrimination.  On May 23, 2024, six individuals filed this putative class action lawsuit against the City of Evanston in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They challenged the city's Restorative Housing Program, an initiative to compensate Black residents for housing discrimination they or their ancestors faced between 1919 and 1969 via $25,000 pa…
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Levy v. United States

4:12-cv-01297 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 14, 2012

Closed Date: April 25, 2012

The case is about seeking reparations for descendants of enslaved Black individuals. On March 14, 2012, plaintiff filed a pro se lawsuit against the U.S. government in the Northern District of California. Plaintiff, a private citizen and lawyer, filed on behalf of all descendants of enslaved Black people in the U.S. Plaintiff sought ten trillion dollars in damages, to be divided up between all descendants, as well as an official apology from the U.S. government.  On  April 25, 2012, Magistrate …
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In re Descendants of African Slavery

01491 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 2002

Closed Date: April 7, 2011

In this action, plaintiffs who were formerly enslaved African-Americans or descendants of formerly enslaved African-Americans sued various corporate defendants for unjustly profiting off of the institution of slavery before, during, and after the Civil War. Beginning in 2002, plaintiffs filed three actions in the Eastern District of New York and one action in the the District of New Jersey. On October, 25, 2002, a panel of judges ordered these four cases, along with five pending tag-along actio…
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Johnson v. United States

94-cv-01193 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: 1994

[This summary is temporary while we research the case further.] In 1994, three African-American individuals filed nearly a lawsuit against the United States in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued for damages due to the enslavement of African Americans in the United States and the subsequent discrimination against African Americans. In addition to damages, plaintiffs asked for an apology and an acknowledgement of discrimination. Judge Saundra Brow…
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Sampson v. Federal Republic of Germany

96-06242 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1996

[This summary is temporary while we research the case further.] A Holocaust survivor brought suit against the German government and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany seeking additional reparation payments. 
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Obadele v. United States

02-00195 | U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Filed Date: 2001

[This summary is temporary while we research the case further.] In this lawsuits, three African-American plaintiffs sought compensation from the U.S. government for their ancestors' suffering. Plaintiffs sued under the Tucker Act and the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the latter of which was created to compensate individuals affected by the federal government's internment of Japanese-American citizens and residents during World War II.  After their claims were denied by the Office of Redress Admi…
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John Doe I v. Nestle S A

2:05-cv-05133 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 14, 2005

Closed Date: March 31, 2017

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.]  This is a case about child slavery violations against Nestle in California. It was filed on July 22, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 
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Jacobs v. Barr

91-05061 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Filed Date: March 8, 1989

[This summary is temporary while we research the case further.] On March 8, 1989, a private citizen of German descent who had been detained in an internment camp during World War II brought suit against the United States government. The plaintiff brought an equal protection challenge to a federal statute that provided reparations for Japanese Americans who had similarly been interned during the war. 
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Simon v. Republic of Hungary

1:10-cv-01770 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2010

Closed Date: June 10, 2025

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In re Nazi Era Cases against German Defendants

01-01337 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: 2000

[This summary is temporary while we research the case further.] In this multi-district litigation, over fifty cases were consolidated before the court. In the cases, plaintiff had filed claims against German companies for conduct occurring during the Nazi era. Plaintiffs were victims of this conduct.