Filed: Jan. 10, 2018
Latest Update: Jan. 10, 2018
Summary: ORDER PAUL L. FRIEDMAN , District Judge . Upon consideration of Lead Class Counsel's motion [Dkt. No. 496] to designate cy pres beneficiaries and approve partial distribution of cy pres funds pursuant to the settlement agreement and the entire record herein, and for the reasons explained in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion [Dkt. No. 496] is GRANTED; it is FURTHER ORDERED the Claims Administrator shall within twenty (20) days of the date of this Ord
Summary: ORDER PAUL L. FRIEDMAN , District Judge . Upon consideration of Lead Class Counsel's motion [Dkt. No. 496] to designate cy pres beneficiaries and approve partial distribution of cy pres funds pursuant to the settlement agreement and the entire record herein, and for the reasons explained in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion [Dkt. No. 496] is GRANTED; it is FURTHER ORDERED the Claims Administrator shall within twenty (20) days of the date of this Orde..
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ORDER
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
Upon consideration of Lead Class Counsel's motion [Dkt. No. 496] to designate cy pres beneficiaries and approve partial distribution of cy pres funds pursuant to the settlement agreement and the entire record herein, and for the reasons explained in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby
ORDERED that the motion [Dkt. No. 496] is GRANTED; it is
FURTHER ORDERED the Claims Administrator shall within twenty (20) days of the date of this Order distribute from the remaining settlement funds the amounts set forth below to the following organizations:
Arkansas Land and Community Development Corporation as $125,000
fiscal sponsor for the benefit of Arkansas Land and Farm
Development Corporation
Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association $62,500
Black Oaks Center for Sustainable and Renewable Living $22,500
East Arkansas Enterprise Community $37,500
Farm Research Cooperative $22,500
Farm to Grow, Inc. $22,500
Federation of Southern Cooperatives $750,000
Kansas Black Farmers Association $22,500
Mississippi Family Farmers $75,000
Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance $37,500
Morehouse Black Farmers and Landowners $10,000
National Black Farmers Association $150,000
National Family Farmers Coalition $22,500
North Carolina Minority Farmers $10,000
North-South Institute $37,500
Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project $125,000
Operation Spring Plant $22,500
Rural Advancement Foundation International $37,500
Rural Advancement Fund $100,000
Rural Coalition $100,000
Inquiring Systems, Inc. as fiscal sponsor for the benefit of $50,000
Southeastern African-American Organic Network
Southwest Georgia Project $125,000
UDC School of Law $28,425
United Farmers, USA $50,000
Whitaker Small Farm Group $22,500
Winston County Self Help Cooperative $50,000
it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Claims Administrator in 2019 shall, within twenty (20) days after receiving a request from Lead Class Counsel, distribute to the following organizations the amounts set forth below from the remaining settlement funds:
Arkansas Land and Community Development Corporation as $125,000
fiscal sponsor for the benefit of Arkansas Land and Farm
Development Corporation
Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association $62,500
Black Oaks Center for Sustainable and Renewable Living $22,500
East Arkansas Enterprise Community $37,500
Farm Research Cooperative $22,500
Farm to Grow, Inc. $22,500
Federation of Southern Cooperatives $750,000
Kansas Black Farmers Association $22,500
Mississippi Family Farmers $75,000
Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance $37,500
Morehouse Black Farmers and Landowners $10,000
National Black Farmers Association $150,000
National Family Farmers Coalition $22,500
North Carolina Minority Farmers $10,000
North-South Institute $37,500
Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project $125,000
Operation Spring Plant $22,500
Rural Advancement Foundation International $37,500
Rural Advancement Fund $100,000
Rural Coalition $100,000
Inquiring Systems, Inc. as fiscal sponsor for the benefit of $50,000
Southeastern African-American Organic Network
Southwest Georgia Project $125,000
United Farmers, USA $50,000
Whitaker Small Farm Group $22,500
Winston County Self Help Cooperative $50,000
it is
FURTHER ORDERED that that the Claims Administrator shall, promptly upon request of Lead Class Counsel, distribute to the Federation of Southern Cooperatives up to $100,000 from the remaining settlement funds for the purpose of working with Lead Class Counsel to organize and fund the costs of a Phase II Conference; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that Lead Class Counsel undertake a second review of the Black Belt Justice Center's application to determine whether it might be eligible for Phase I funding despite class counsel's initial recommendation and, on or before February 15, 2018, file a motion or notice informing the Court of its subsequent recommendation.
SO ORDERED.
