JOHNSON v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. 83-7059.

734 F.2d 774 (1984)

Gabriel JOHNSON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen J. Barkin, Legal Services Corp. of Ala., Joseph E. Carr, IV, Bay Minette, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

E.T. Rolison, Jr., Thomas H. Figures, Asst. U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Fred W. Harris, Jr., Regional Atty., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, FAY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

This lawsuit is a class action by approximately 48,000 residents of Alabama who borrowed money from the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) under the Rural Housing loan program of Section 502, Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 42 U.S.C. § 1472 (1980) (the Act). Appellant, Gabriel Johnson, represents a class of mortgagors who seek to set aside the FmHA's foreclosure of their homes. Earnestine Marshall intervened to represent a class of borrowers...

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