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The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that sought reparations for living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Three survivors originally brought the lawsuit against the Tulsa County sheriff, county commissioners, and the Oklahoma Military Department in 2020. But the lawsuit was dismissed by a lower court last year.
The district judge that initially dismissed the lawsuit claimed that “simply being connected to a historical event does not provide a person with unlimited rights to seek compensation,” according to CNN.
The lawsuit was brought by Viola Fletcher, who is now 110, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, who is 109. It was also brought by Hughes Van Ellis Sr., who died last year at age 102, The Hill reported. The state Supreme Court said in its ruling that grievances “with the social and economic inequities created by the Tulsa Race Massacre [are] legitimate and worthy […]
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