PIGFORD v. VENEMAN

Nos. CIV.A.97-1978 PLF, CIV.A.98-1693 PLF.

239 F.Supp.2d 73 (2003)

Timothy PIGFORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant. Cecil Brewington, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 15, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, Pettaway, Campbell & Albright, Selma, AL, for Timothy C. Pigford.

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, John Michael Clifford, Mona Lyons, Clifford, Lyons & Garde, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, for Lloyd Shafer.

Caroline Lewis Wolverton, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, for George Hall.

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Marcus B. Jimison, Durham, NC, Stephon J. Bowens, Durham, NC, for Leonard Cooper.

Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Phillip L. Fraas, Washington, DC, for Abraham Carpenter.

Stephon J. Bowens, Durham, NC, for Houston Blakeney, Reatha Blakeney, Leroy Robinson, Bobbi Newton, Pearlie Peterson, Naomi Knockett, Ilenthe Porter, James Davis, Sandy McKinnon.

Michael Sitcov, Terry M. Henry, Elizabeth Goitein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Ann M. Venerman.

Wyndell Oliver Banks, Washington, DC, for Banks Law Firm.

Randi Ilyse Roth, St. Paul, MN, pro se.

David A. Branch, Washington, DC, for Law Office of David A. Branch.

John Wesley Davis, Washington, DC, James W. Myart, Jr., Law Offices of James W. Myart, Jr. & Associates, San Antonio, TX, for Thomas Burrell.

Gerard Robert Lear, Arlington, VA, for Ben Hillsman, Jr., Antonio Santos, Clinton R. Martin, Zelma J. Hillsman.

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, for McArthur Nesbit, Eddie Slaughter, Leo Jackson, J.B. Black, Lucious Abrams, Jr., Griffin Todd, Sr., Gregory Erves, Cecil Brewington, Herbert L. Skinner, Sr., Obie L. Beal, Clifford Lovett.

J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, Pettaway, Campbell & Albright, Selma, AL, for George Barr Griffin.

Dennis Charles Sweet, Lanston, Frazer, Sweet & Freese, Jackson, MS, for Sarah Davis.

Ford C. Ladd, Alexandria, VA, for James Tanner.

Evelyn M. Coleman, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Willie S. Maymon, Rolling Fork, MS, pro se.

Colie Dixon, Sr., Georgetown, MS, pro se.

L.D. Maymon, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Lois S. Clark, Wesson, MS, pro se.

Curtis Dixon, Jackson, MS, pro se.

Linda Catching, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Henry A. Vaughn, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Floria A. Vaughn, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Marilynn Stewart, Jackson, MS, pro se.

Ezra McNair, Crystal Springs, MS, pro se.

Grover Miller, Georgetown, MS, pro se.

Geraldstine Miller, Georgetown, MS, pro se.

Larry D. Barnes, Harrisville, MS, pro se.

Edith Lomax-Barnes, Crystal Springs, MS, pro se.

Daryl Brentr, Pinola, MS, pro se.

Curtis Dixon, Jackson, MS, pro se.

Harold B. Dixon, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Velma J. Collins, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

By Order of December 30, 2002, the Court directed defendant to pay $500,000 to Alexander Pires (on behalf of Class Counsel and Of Counsel) by January 10, 2003 for attorneys' fees and costs incurred in implementation of the Consent Decree in this case. See Memorandum Opinion and Order, December 30, 2002 at 5. An Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order was issued on January 14, 2003...

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