Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Veneman
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 10, 2004No. CIV.A. 00-2445(JR)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER DENYING CLASS CERTIFICATION
ROBERTSON, District Judge.
This case presents claims of discrimination by Hispanic farmers nationwide who in various ways were denied USDA credit-and noncredit benefits over a period of some twenty years. Before the Court for the second time is the question of whether the case may be certified as a class action. When the question was first presented, by a motion for class certification filed in April 2002, the answer was in the negative, because plaintiffs had not shown, nor did it appear from the record that they could show, a common question of law…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
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