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BENOIT v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. 08-5434.

608 F.3d 17 (2010)

Kirk BENOIT, et al., Appellants v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 11, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Whaley Le Clercq argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants. Stephen A. Bogorad entered an appearance.

Benjamin M. Shultz, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Marleigh D. Dover, Assistant Director. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before GINSBURG and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge.

Fourteen African American farmers allege the United States Department of Agriculture discriminated against them on the basis of race (and, in one case, gender) in administering the agency's federally funded credit and benefit programs. They assert claims under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1691 et seq. (ECOA); the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U...

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