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The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a lawsuit brought by the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, a setback in the pursuit of justice for one of the most destructive single acts of mass violence against Black people in modern U.S. history. In an 8-1 ruling, the state Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that the plaintiffs’ public nuisance claim, though legitimate, does not fall under the scope of Oklahoma’s public nuisance statute.
Ellies, Fletcher, and Randle — who were young children at the time — sought reparations for the victims of the massacre and descendants, including punitive damages, a compensation fund and a scholarship program for descendants of residents living in Greenwood when the violence took place. Van Ellis died last year at 102. Both Fletcher and Randle are 109. Their lawsuit named the city of Tulsa, Tulsa's board of county commissioners and the Oklahoma Military Department among the defendants.
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