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Black farmers allege USDA discrimination in new class action lawsuit

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The Virginia-based National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) [advocacy website] brought a class action lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) [official website] Monday, alleging on behalf of over 800 black farmers that the USDA improperly discriminated against them in its allocation of resources. The new Farm Bill [HR 2419 materials] expressly permits the new claims,

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on June 04, 2008 (boomark / email).

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