Larry W. Moore and Naomi W. Moore, Larry W. Moore v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, on Behalf of Farmers Home Administration

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Moore and his wife filed suit against the United States Department of Agriculture under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq., alleging that they were denied the opportunity to participate in a sale of inventory farmland held by the Farmers Home Administration because they were “white.” Incredibly, the letter sent them from the Farmers Home Administration on December 29, 1989, rejecting their application to participate in the sale, stated precisely that. Nevertheless, the district judge found their lawsuit “premature” and dismissed…