(May 17, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 16 affirmed in a divided decision that an amendment to a class settlement of discrimination claims by Native American farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under which money left over after a second round of payments to claimants will go to cy pres nonprofits, is fair and reasonable, despite objections by two claimants (Marilyn Keepseagle, et al. v. Sonny Perdue, et al., Nos. 16-5189 and 16-5190, D.C. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8559)....