IN RE BLACK FARMERS DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION

Misc. No. 08-0511 (PLF).

806 F.Supp.2d 138 (2011)

In re BLACK FARMERS DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION. This document relates to: All Cases.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alphonso Michael Espy , Mike Espy, PLLC, Jackson, MS, Andrew H. Marks , David E. Bell , Laurel Pyke Malson , Michael Wyld Lieberman , Crowell & Moring LLP, Anurag Varma , Benjamin G. Chew , Patton Boggs LLP, Brian P. Phelan , Conlon, Frantz & Phelan LLP, Gary Edward Mason , Mason LLP, Phillip L. Fraas , Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP, Washington, DC, David C. Silver , Blum & Silver, LLP, Coral Springs, FL, Gregorio Francis , Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Orlando, FL, Harris L. Pogust , Pogust & Braslow, LLC, Conshohocken, PA, Henry Sanders , Rose M. Sanders , Chestnut Sanders Sanders & Pettaway, Kindaka J. Sanders , Sanders Law, Selma, AL, J. Andrew Meyer , Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Fort Myers, FL, Joseph P. Strom , Strom Law Firm, LLC, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiffs.

A. Tamara Lynn Ulrich , Tamra Tyree Moore , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING FAIRNESS HEARING

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

On May 13, 2011, the Court entered an Order conditionally certifying a plaintiffs' class in this matter and granting preliminary approval of a settlement agreement proposed by the defendant, the United States Department of Agriculture, and a large group of plaintiffs. Before granting final approval of a settlement agreement that would resolve the claims of the...

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