Press Conference: Historic Court Ruling (August 4, 2022)
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The Historic Lawsuit
Almost 100 years after the Massacre, eleven plaintiffs, including the last 3 known living survivors, Viola Fletcher, Leslie Benningfield Randle, and Hughes Van Ellis, filed a lawsuit on September 1, 2020, against The City of Tulsa and seven other defendants demanding accountability and restitution for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and 100 years of continued harm.
View the Second Amended Petition (Sept 2022)
Historic Lawsuit Filed Documents
All eight defendants are trying to dismiss our lawsuit and never let it see a day in court.
Here are our responses to each defendant:
Plaintiff Opposition to State of Oklahoma MTD
Plaintiff Opposition to City and TMPAC MTD
Plaintiff Opposition to Chamber Amended MTD
Plaintiff Opposition to Chamber Amended General MTD
Plaintiff Opposition to BOCC and Sheriff MTD
Plainitff Opposition to TDA MTD
More historic lawsuit filed documents:
2022-09-22 Plaintiff’s Motion for Emergency Telephonic Hearing re: Defendants Motion for Extension
2022-09-19 Defendants Opposed Motion For Extension of Time
2021-09-28 Randle Hearing Transcript
2022-03-18 Defendants Joint Opposition to Plaintiffs Mtn_for_Leave_to_File_Reply_Brief
2022-03-17._Plaintiffs_Motion_for_Leave_to_File_Supp_l_Reply_Brief
2022-03-07. Defendants Joint Response to Plaintiffs Supp Memo
2022-03-03._Order_Granting_Defendants_Withdrawal__Bender
2022-02-28 Defendants__Motion_to_WD__Bender_
2022-01-31 Plaintiffs Brief on Supplemental Authority
2022-01-26. Tay’s Motion to Intervene
2022-01-26. Tay’s Motion re Jurisdiction
2022-01-19. Order Granting Withdrawal – Bender-Brown
2022-01-19. Order Granting Withdrawal – Barkin
2021-12-30. Order re Supplemental Briefing Schedule and Hearing
2021-11-29. Defendants COT’s and TMAPC’s Resp to Plaintiffs Not of Supp Auth’y
2021-11-10 Plaintiffs_Notice_of_Supplemental_Authority
2021-09-24 Joint Resp in Opposition to Plaintiff Motion to Set Telephonic Status Conference
2021-08-27 TDA Reply to Plaintiff Opposition in Response to MTD
2021-08-26 Reply of BOCC & Regalado MTD Pl 1st Amended Pet
2021-08-26 Military Dept Reply To Plaintiff Response to MTD
2021-08-26 COT & TMAPC Reply to Plaintiff to Combined Opposition to MTD
2021-08-26 Chamber Reply to MTD
2021-08-26 Chamber Reply to General MTD
2021-08-12 Plaintiff_Mot_Cont_Hrg_on_Defendant_MTD_Recon_Ord_Grant_Jt_Mot_Lve_File_Replies
2021-08-05 Plaintiffs Notice to the Court Scheduling Hearing on Motion to Vacate
2021-08-03. Defendants Joint Response to Plaintiffs Opposition and Motion to Vacate
2021-07-22 Plaintiff_Motion_to_Vacate_Ct_7-16-21_Ord_OR_Modify_Ct_7-16-21_Ord
2021-07-19 Plaintiff Opposition to Motion for Leave to File Replies in Support of Motion to Dismiss
2021-07-19 Order submitted Denying or Setting Hearing on Joint Motion for Leave to File Replies
2021-07-19 Correction_to_Defendant_Joint_Motion_to_File_Replies_re_MTD
2021-07-16 Order_re_Court_Granting_Defendants_Unopposed_Motion_for_Leave_to_File_Replies
2021-06-02 Plaintiff Opposition in Response to TDA Motion to Dismiss
2021-06-01 Plaintiffs Opposition to BOCC & Regalado as Sheriff Motion to Dismiss
2021-06-01 Plaintiff Response to Chamber Amended Motion to Dimiss
2021-06-01 Plaintiff Response to Chamber Amended General Motion to Dismiss
2021-06-01 Plaintiff Opposition to COT & TMAPC Motion to Dismiss 1st Amended Pet
2021-04-21 D COT and TMPAC’s Objection for Motion for Leave to File Omnibus Brief
2021-03-22 TDA_Objection_to_Motion_for_Leave_to_File_Omnibus_Brief