Class Action/Constitutional

Coleman v. Block, 562 F. Supp. 1353 (D.N.D. 1983) (No. A1-83-47) (state class certified and preliminary relief granted); 100 F.R.D. 705 (D.N.D. 1983) (expanded to national class); 580 F. Supp. 192 (D.N.D. 1983) (preliminary injunction granted for national class); 580 F. Supp. 194 (D.N.D. 1984) (permanent injunction granted following three day trial on the merits, prohibiting FmHA from accelerating borrowers' loans, fore­closing on borrowers' collateral property, or liquidating the living and operating allowance from sale proceeds of crops and livestock offered as collateral for FmHA loans, unless the FmHA provided 30 days' written notice of the action with reasons for the action, a right to an appeal, and an opportunity to establish eligibility for loan deferral under 7 U.S.C. § 1981a); 589 F. Supp. 1411 (D.N.D. 1984) (class certification); 593 F. Supp. 367, 40 Fed.R.Serv. 2d 255 (D.N.D. 1984) (successful national class action enjoining FmHA Farm Foreclosures); 663 F. Supp. 1315 (D.N.D. 1987) (enjoining use of certain FMHA forms); (featured in the movie Country )