Legal Opinion
In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 13, 2012No. Misc. No. 08-0511 (PLF)Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on a Motion for Reconsideration as to the Exclusion of BFAA (“Mot.”) [Dkt. No. 239], filed by the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, Inc. (“BFAA”). For the reasons stated below, the Court will deny the motion.
I. BACKGROUND
After Congress passed the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (“2008 Farm Bill”), Pub. L. No. 110-246, 122 Stat. 1651, 2209 (2008), nearly two dozen lawsuits were filed in this Court seeking relief under Section 14012 of that Act, which created a new cause of action for…
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