Member Of Settlement Class Cannot Challenge Cy Pres Provision, Judge Says

(January 31, 2017, 1:30 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Indian who received a payment in a 2011 class action settlement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Native American ranchers and farmers does not have standing to pursue claims that the settlement’s cy pres provisions are unconstitutional because, having already accepted a settlement payment, he cannot show that he will suffer any injury, a District of Columbia federal judge held Jan. 30 (William H. Smallwood, Jr. v. Sally Q. Yates, et al., No. 16-161, D. D.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11915)....

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