PIGFORD v. JOHANNS

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

421 F.Supp.2d 130 (2006)

Timothy PIGFORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Mike JOHANNS, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant. Cecil Brewington, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Mike Johanns, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Attorneys & Counsellors, Columbia, MD, David A. Branch, Law Office of David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, J.L. Chesnut, Jr., Chesnut, Sanders, Sanders, Pettaway, Campbell & Albright, Selma, AL, for Timothy C. Pigford, Plaintiff.

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

Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Caroline Lewis Wolverton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Law Office of David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, for George Hall, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff.

Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Law Office of David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Stephon J. Bowens, Blanchard, Jenkins, Miller, Lewis and Styers, P.A., Raleigh, NC, Marcus B. Jimison, NCCU School of Law, Durham, NC, for Leonard Cooper, Plaintiff.

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

Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, for Leonard Hunter.

David Joseph Frantz, Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, Jesse L. Kearney, Pine Bluff, AR, Othello C. Cross, Cross, Kearney & McKissic, Pine Bluff, AR, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, Phillip L. Fraas, Washington, DC, for All Plaintiffs.

Stephon J. Bowens, Blanchard, Jenkins, Miller, Lewis and Styers, P.A., Raleigh, NC, for Houston Blakeney, Reatha Blakeney, Leroy Robinson, Bobbi Newton, Pearlie Peterson, Naomi Knockett, Ilenthe Porter, James Davis, Petitioners.

Daniel Edward Bensing, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, David M. Sounders, Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, Washington, DC, Michael Sitcov, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Susan Hall Lennon, Terry Marcus Henry, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Dan Glickman, Secretary, The United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.

Elizabeth Goitein, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Michael Sitcov, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Terry Marcus Henry, Joel L. McElvain, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, Elbert Lin, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Marsha Stelson Edney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant.

John Wesley Davis, Washington, DC, for Thomas Burrell, Claimant.

Stephon J. Bowens, Blanchard, Jenkins, Miller, Lewis and Styers, P.A., Raleigh, NC, for Sandy McKinnon, Claimant.

Gerald Robert Lear, Speiser Krause, Arlington, VA, for Ben Hillsman, Jr., Zelma J. Hillsman, Claimants.

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

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

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

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

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

J.L. Chesnut, Jr., Chesnut, Sanders, Sanders, Pettaway, Campbell & Albright, Selma, AL, for J.L. Chesnut, on behalf of an identified class of "late claimants", Movant.

Rose M. Sanders, Chesnut, SAnders, Sanders, Pettaway, Campbell & Albright, Selma, AL, Movant, Pro se.

Othello C. Cross, Cross, Kearney & McKissic, Pine Bluff, AR, for Othello C. Cross, Movant.

David Joseph Frantz, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, for Conlon Frantz Phelan & Pires, Movant.

Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Law Office of David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, for Mc-Arthur Nesbitt, Eddie Slaughter, Leo Jackson, J.B. Black, Lucious Abrams, Jr., Griffin Todd, Sr., Gregory Erves, Cecil Brewington, Herbert L. Skinner, Jr., Obie L. Beal, Clifford Lovett, On behalf of themselves and all others, Plaintiffs.

Gerard Robert Lear, Speiser Krause, Arlington, VA, for Antonio Santos, Applicants nos. 1-50, Clinton R. Martin, Movants.

Curtis Dixon, Jackson, MS, Movant, Pro se.

Harold B. Dixon, Hazlehurst, MS, Movant, Pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the motion of New Communities, Inc. for extraordinary relief. The movant argues that the circumstances surrounding the arbitration of its claim brought under the Consent Decree necessitate the setting aside of the arbitrator's decision. The movant asks this Court to vacate the hearing conducted by the arbitrator and set aside the findings of the arbitrator...

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