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Circuit Court Notification
BFAA members, below we have attached an email directly from US Courts in reference to our case. Log on to the upcoming Zooms where BFAA President Thomas Burrell will be discussing what this means for the BFAA organization and our next course of action!
From: ca06-ecf-noticedesk@ca6.uscourts.gov <ca06-ecf-noticedesk@ca6.uscourts.gov>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2024 9:41 AM
To: Percy Squire
Subject: 24-5119 Black Farmers Agriculturalists Association, Inc., et al v. Thomas Vilsack, et al "argument date set"
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Notice of Docket Activity
The following transaction was filed on 12/16/2024
Case Name: Black Farmers Agriculturalists Association, Inc., et al v. Thomas Vilsack, et al
Case Number: 24-5119
Document(s): Document(s)
Docket Text:
ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED for 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, January 30, 2025. (LAG)
Notice will be electronically mailed to:
Mr. Casen Ross:
Mr. Charles W. Scarborough:
Mr. Percy Squire:
The following document(s) are associated with this transaction:
Document Description: Oral Argument Notice
Original Filename: /opt/ACECF/live/forms/LanceGifford_245119_7275420_OralArgumentNotice.pdf
Electronic Document Stamp: [STAMP acecfStamp_ID=1105031299 [Date=12/16/2024] [FileNumber=7275420-0] [28cd5f1c13b3b811acbdc2187104a513091398935674093dd3c51af208f30724f54d01b9
d50324c99b338aaa22d3d582a7a1f24bff2dcf626eb6cab6ad0315fd]]
Recipients:
- Mr. Casen Ross
- Mr. Charles W. Scarborough
- Mr. Percy Squire
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