This page provides full text versions of many of the relevant historical documents, court orders, and complaints in In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litig. Many documents on this site are in PDF format. To view them, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program from Adobe.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Pigford Consent Decree (April 14, 1999) | 1.17 MB |
| Judge Friedman's Opinion that accompanied the Consent Decree (April 14, 1999) | 206.07 KB |
| Section 14012 of the 2008 Farm Bill | 275.05 KB |
| Judge Friedman's first order expressing concern about confusion associated with the black farmer cases (July 3, 2008) | 88.01 KB |
| Judge Friedman's order consolidating all black farmer cases together into Case. No. 08-mc-0511 (August 8, 2008) | 37.36 KB |
| Judge Friedman's Case Management Order #1, authorizing plaintiffs to establish a neutral website and phone bank to answer questions regarding the black farmer litigation (December 15, 2008) | 89.51 KB |
| Judge Friedman’s Protective Order regarding use of the 5(g) List | 326.1 KB |
| Agee Complaint (May 22, 2008) | 4.9 MB |
| Kimbrough Complaint (May 28, 2008) | 1.4 MB |
| Adams Complaint (May 30, 2008) | 3.56 MB |
| Bayless Complaint (June 2, 2008) | 3.08 MB |
| Bennett Complaint (June 3, 2008 | 1.71 MB |
| Bolton Complaint (June 19, 2008) | 1.04 MB |
| McKinney Complaint (June 20, 2008) | 4.95 MB |
| Davis Complaint (July 7, 2008) | 2.54 MB |
| Robinson Complaint (August 22, 2008) | 131.52 KB |
| James Complaint (December 16, 2008) | 595.43 KB |
| 3rd Amended Hampton Complaint (December 23, 2008) | 3.17 MB |