Legal Opinion
In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 27, 2011No. Misc. No. 08-0511(PLF)PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motion of named plaintiffs James Copeland, Earl Moorer, and Marshallene McNeil (“the Moving Plaintiffs”) for final certification of a plaintiffs’ class and approval of a settlement agreement that would resolve the pending claims of approximately 40,000 plaintiffs and compensate thousands of victims of race discrimination whose complaints have gone unanswered for decades. The defendant, the United States Department of Agriculture, supports the motion.
After careful consideration of the arguments made by the Moving…
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