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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. From 1834 to 1891, Gaines was at the center of a legal battle to recognize her legal status as the sole heir of her deceased father's estate and recover ...
- June 30, 1804
- William Wallace Whitney (1832–1837), Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1839–1849)
- Daniel Clark, Zulime Carrière
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 · The New Orleans woman who fought the longest court battle in US history. Published: Friday, May 15, 2020. By Katherine Jolliff Dunn, cataloger. In an 1850 pamphlet summarizing the ongoing litigation of Myra Clark Gaines, journalist Alexander Walker wrote, “The wildest romance ever written, could not contain a greater variety of ...
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." If the story of Myra Clark Gaines and her half-century ...
- Sara Pic
- 2016
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
1 de jun. de 2003 · How many law students in universities across the United States could identify the longest continuous litigation (1834–1891) in the history of the U.S. courts as
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. After legal fees of $860,000, her heirs were left with very little.
