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Special to the Democrat by: John Zippert, Co-Publisher On Monday, March 25, 2013, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced an extension until May 1, 2013 for Hispanic and women farmer and rancher claimants wishing to file for past discrimination by the United States Department of Agriculture in its farm loan programs. Class counsel lawyers for [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher The first six weeks of the 180 day claim period in the Pigford II – Black Farmers Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit have just been completed. May 11, 2012 is the final day for Black farmers to make a claim in this case. The Pigford II claims process is [...]
On October 27, 2011 Judge Paul Friedman in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. approved the settlement of the Pigford II lawsuit, filed by black farmers against the USDA for discrimination in lending (otherwise known as “In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation”). Judge Friedman states in his order, that this settlement applies to all [...]
Special to the Democrat By John Zippert, Co-Publisher Last Friday, October 28, 2011, Congresswomen Terri Sewell conducted a day long farm tour crisscrossing her Alabama Black Belt counties to meet with farmers to get their views on the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill legislation. Sewell is a member of the House Agriculture Committee [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher At the conclusion of Thursday’s full day hearing on the fairness of the proposed settlement in the Pigford II, Black Farmers class action discrimination lawsuit against USDA, Federal District Judge Paul Friedman for the District of Columbia said he would “act very promptly on the joint motion of lawyers for [...]
By John Zippert, Co-Publisher, Greene County Democrat Federal District Judge, Paul Friedman, for the District of Columbia plans to hold a ‘fairness hearing’ in the Pigford II, Black Farmers Class Action Lawsuit on Thursday, September 1, 2011 in Washington, D. C. The Pigford II case involves 65,000 Black farmers or their heirs who filed a [...]
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