United States DC Circuit

Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain this appeal from an order requiring the Department of Agriculture to advance attorneys' fees due to counsel representing a class of black farmers in an anti-discrimination suit; the order to pay is not a "final decision" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. section 1291.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/17/2004
• Decided 05/14/2004
• Published 05/14/2004

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and HENDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard S. Scher, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellant.   With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Robert M. Loeb, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alexander J. Pires, Jr. argued the cause and filed the brief for appellees.