Legal Opinion
Estate of Grant v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided September 29, 2017No. 16-1660CPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Keywords: Pro Se Complaint; ' RCFC 12(b)(1); Motion to Dismiss; Equal Credit Opportunity Act; Pigford Litigation; USDA; Statute of Limitations; 28 U.S.C. § 2501; Summary Judgment; RCFC 56.
OPINION AND ORDER
KAPLAN, Judge,
The plaintiffs in this case are the estates of two African American farmers, Matthew and Florenza Grant. The complaint alleges that the Grants were victims of racial discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the administration of its loan programs for farmers. Specifically, the estates allege that in 1998, the Grants and the USDA entered into a settlement…
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