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Myra Clark Gaines (c. June 30, 1804 – January 9, 1885) was an American socialite and plaintiff in the longest-running lawsuit in the history of the United States court system.
Lasting for more than fifty years, the Myra Clark Gaines litigation is known as the longest case in US history, beginning around 1834 and culminating in a ruling in her favor and against the City of New Orleans in 1889. Unfortunately, Myra Clark Gaines died on January 9, 1885, at age 78, before the US Supreme Court ruled in her favor.
15 de may. de 2020 · Myra Clark Gaines’s fight for the control of her father’s estate lasted 57 years and remains the longest-running court case in US History.
22 de ene. de 2024 · Myra Clark Gaines: The Longest-Running Civil Lawsuit in America: Lawsuits. In 1834, aided by her first husband because women could not sue on their own, Gaines filed suit in federal and in state court in Louisiana, beginning a legal process that ended 57 years later.
- Sara Pic
- 2016
22 de ene. de 2024 · Final Resolution. Over the next two decades, the city and the many residents of the homes on the disputed property fiercely resisted. When Gaines died in 1885, her heirs continued her case. It finally concluded in 1891, with a settlement of $923,788.
- Sara Pic
- 2016
22 de ene. de 2024 · Myra Clark Gaines' 19th century fight over an enormous inheritance is still the longest-running civil lawsuit in American history, taking over 60 years to finally find some kind of resolution. The United States Supreme Court called her case "the most remarkable in the records."
Myra Clark Gaines (1804-1885) was the wealthiest person -- not just the wealthiest woman -- in the United States during her lifetime. One estimate places the value of her estate in 1868 at more than $35 million (Elizabeth Urban Alexander.
