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2 opinions for “Sharon Smith v. Harold Powdrill”
Alexander v. Oklahomapublic domain
LUCERO, Circuit Judge, dissenting, with whom SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, joins. No case in my tenure on the court could be more compellingly described as meeting the Rule 35 en banc standard of presenting a “question of exceptional importance” deserving the attention of the entire court than this. In one of the more shameful events in our nation’s history, over two hundred African-Americans were slaughtered and a
Alexander v. Oklahomapublic domain
TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge. On May 31, 1921, and following into the next day, violent attacks destroyed the African-American community of Greenwood, Oklahoma. An angry white mob converged on Greenwood in a devastating assault, burning homes and businesses, killing up to three hundred people, and leaving thousands homeless. In February 2003, Plaintiffs-Appellants, all Riot survivors or descendants of survivors, filed suit a