Wednesday, November 1, 2017

BLACK FARMERS vs. USDA : CLASS ACTION UPDATE by BLACK FARMER ATTORNEY CHARLES JEROME WARE [Maryland & D.C.]

www.charlesjeromeware.com      " Here to make a Difference."

Decades after the original filing of their class action discrimination lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and years after execution of the Consolidated Case Settlement Agreement , African-American farmers continue to get  lesser treatment from the federal court, the USDA, class counsel, as well as the settlement process --- as this tragic, long-running  discrimination saga draws to a close.  For example ;

The undistributed leftover settlement funds allegedly amounted to approximately $12 million, according to federal judge-appointed class counsel. This same class counsel announced that these leftover funds would be placed in a so-called "Cy Pres Fund" [Charity Fund] and " will be made available to eligible tax-exempt nonprofit organizations serving African-American farmers and/or ranchers according to the intent of the Consolidated Case Settlement Agreement."

The bottom-line is that these so-called "leftover settlement funds" will not be going to the already-underpaid victims in this class action litigation : the Black Farmers.


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