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Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, Inc., et al. v. Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-5119 · judgment October 8, 2025
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a dissent in the court below, a business petitioner, and counsel who has filed here before.
Questions presented
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Whether the United States Department of Agriculture's ("USDA") policy, codified within USDA's Discrimination Financial Assistance Program ("DFAP"), that excludes applications for financial assistance submitted on behalf of the estates of deceased farmers for past USDA discrimination in farm lending programs ("Legacy claims"), violates Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Pub. L. No. 117-169 (hereinafter "Section 22007, and IRA for "Inflation Reduction Act").
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Whether the USDA policy of excluding Legacy Claims from DFAP violates the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Whether the USDA policy of excluding Legacy Claims from DFAP violates 42 U.S.C. §§1981 or 1982.
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Whether the USDA policy of excluding Legacy Claims from DFAP violates the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Leo Patrick Ross
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 02 2026Waiver of right of respondent Rollins, Secretary of U.S. Agriculture to respond filed.
- Mar 06 2026