Legal Opinion
Pigford v. Glickman
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 9, 1998No. Civ.A. No. 97-1978 PLFPublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This ease is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. Upon consideration of plaintiffs’ motion, the opposition filed by the government, plaintiffs’ reply and the arguments presented by counsel at oral argument, the Court concludes that the class action vehicle is the most appropriate mechanism for resolving the issue of liability in this case. The Court therefore will certify a class for the purpose of determining liability.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs, four hundred and one African American farmers from Alabama, Arkansas, California,…
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