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District Court Orders and Opinions
(United States District Court for the District of Columbia)

January 10, 2012, Stipulation and Order (order regarding Monitor's duties)

September 21, 2011, Stipulation and Order (order approving stipulation detailing steps in wind-down of Monitor's office)

February 17, 2011, Stipulation and Order (approving stipulation extending Monitor's appointment)

July 28, 2010, Order (regarding federal income tax reporting and debt relief)

March 29, 2010, Stipulation and Order (allowing inspection of documents by staff of the National Archives)

January 13, 2010, Stipulation and Order (approving stipulation extending Monitor's appointment)

May 7, 2009, Stipulation and Order (regarding late claims)

April 21, 2009, Order (regarding review of debt relief implementation for prevailing claimants who may be entitled to debt relief)

February 21, 2008, Opinion and Order (denying plaintiffs' motion for particular interpretation of Consent Decree provisions regarding debt relief): Opinion, Order

December 21, 2007, Memorandum Opinion and Order (ordering the parties to pursue settlement discussions about case involving proceeds of successful claimant's supervised bank account)

October 22, 2007, Stipulation and Order (approving stipulation extending Monitor's appointment)

September 10, 2007, Memorandum Opinion and Order (denying "emergency hearing motion" and ordering that no further papers prepared or submitted by Ms. Thedford Rowser-Bey will be accepted for filing without prior leave of Court)

August 7, 2006, Memorandum Opinion and Order (ordering the Monitor to provide an additional report to the Court regarding amended decisions)

July 6, 2006, Stipulation and Order (approving stipulation extending Monitor's appointment)

June 30, 2006, Stipulation and Order (providing procedure for severance of credit claims from non-credit claims in the petition for Monitor review process)

June 30, 2006, Stipulation and Order (providing for reinstatement of Adjudicator's original decisions in certain cases in which decisions had been amended)

June 19, 2006, Order (approving withdrawal of Alexander Pires as class counsel and co-lead counsel and substitution of David Frantz as class counsel and co-lead counsel)

February 23, 2006, Memorandum Opinion and Order (ordering the Monitor to provide a report to the Court)

January 4, 2006, Order (approving Monitor's December 16, 2005, Report)

April 21, 2005, Stipulation and Order (regarding injunctive relief)

January 3, 2005, Opinion and Order (denying motion to modify Consent Decree and motion to disqualify class counsel): Opinion, Order

January 3, 2005, Opinion and Order (striking certain notices filed with the court and denying certain motions for status conference or hearing): Opinion, Order

November 8, 2004, Order (applying June 21, 2002, court of appeals decision to certain Track B claims)

September 24, 2004, Order (approving Monitor's August 18, 2004, Report)

April 20, 2004, Order (approving stipulation and order extending Monitor's appointment)

March 10, 2004, Opinion and Order (denying reconsideration of June 2, 2003 Opinion and Order regarding untimely petitions for reexamination)

March 10, 2004, Opinion and Order (regarding sanctions)

June 4, 2003, Memorandum Opinion and Order (denying motion to reopen Arbitrator decisions on late claims requests)

June 2, 2003, Opinion and Order (denying relief for 350 claimants whose petitions for reexamination were untimely filed)

March 24, 2003, Stipulation and Order (regarding Monitor good faith implementation reports and process for recusal of Monitor in certain cases)

January 15, 2003, Memorandum Opinion and Order (ordering payment of $500,000 in fees to Class Counsel)

January 14, 2003, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (regarding sanctions, attorney's fees, and application of June 21, 2002, court of appeals decision to certain Track B claims)

October 29, 2002, Order (setting deadline for petitions for Monitor review of Facilitator eligibility decisions)

September 11, 2002, Memorandum Opinion and Order (denying motion to vacate the Consent Decree)

July 18, 2002, Stipulation and Order (regarding petitions for Monitor review)

May 14, 2002, Order (denying motion to review Arbitrator late claim decisions)

January 17, 2002, Memorandum Opinion and Order (regarding Arbitrator's authority to extend Track B deadlines)

November 26, 2001, Memorandum Opinion and Order (denying motion to review Arbitrator late claim decisions)

February 7, 2001, Stipulation and Order (setting $3,000 per claimant as cash relief for prevailing non-credit benefit program claims and defining debt relief for prevailing credit claims)

January 4, 2001, Memorandum Opinion and Order (denying motion to reconsider the fairness of the Consent Decree)

December 22, 2000, Order Amending, By Reference, The Consent Decree to Include J.L. Chestnut as Class Counsel (designating J.L. Chestnut as Class Counsel)

November 17, 2000, Order (regarding prohibition on attorneys charging a fee for assisting a claimant in filing a Claim Sheet)

November 8, 2000, Order (regarding petitions for Monitor review, establishing Petition Register process)

November 7, 2000, Order (applying provisions of Second Amended Supplemental Privacy Act Protective Order to Monitor decisions)

September 12, 2000, Order (petitions to be filed with Facilitator, setting 60-day deadline for filing a petition response)

July 14, 2000, Stipulation and Order (deadlines for petitions for reexamination of Adjudicator Track A and Arbitrator Track B decisions)

July 14, 2000, Second Amended Supplemental Privacy Act Protective Order (confidential use of protected information in claims process)

April 4, 2000, Order of Reference (setting forth Monitor responsibilities, process for petitions for reexamination)

March 9, 2000, Order (Arbitrator will decide issues in Track B claims, subject only to petition for reexamination of final ruling)

March 1, 2000, Order (Arbitrator will decide consent motions in Track B claims)

January 4, 2000, Order (appointing Monitor)

December 20, 1999, Order (Arbitrator will decide paragraph 5(g) requests to file a late claim)

September 29, 1999, Stipulation and Order Allowing Payments to Prevailing Class Members to Be Made Through Poorman-Douglas Corporation (processing checks for cash relief payments to prevailing Track A claimants)

April 14, 1999, Consent Decree (establishing claims process, deadlines for filing a claim, and relief for prevailing claimants)

April 14, 1999, Opinion (approving Consent Decree)

D.C. Circuit Opinions
(United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)

July 15, 2005

June 21, 2002

March 31, 2000

In Re Black Farmers Orders and Opinions

February 6, 2012, Order of Reference: Appointment of Ombudsman

October 27, 2011, Order and Judgment (granting final approval of settlement and setting claim deadline of May  11, 2012)

October 27, 2011, Memorandum Opinion and Order (approving settlement) (9.8MB)

August 26, 2011, Memorandum Opinion and Order regarding Fairness Hearing (setting forth certain aspects of the September 1, 2011, fairness hearing)

Opinions in Other Cases

October 14, 2004, Memorandum Opinion and Order in Bradshaw v. Veneman

 

 

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