class action suit

Although slave labor created the economic basis of U.S. agriculture, the long-term effects of racism and systemic discrimination from U.S. Department of Agriculture programs continue to sideline African American farmers from land ownership.

The case is one of many the court heard while Justice Antonin Scalia was still on the bench.

Dow Chemical settled a price-fixing lawsuit because it lost the late justice's vote.

Corporations won't be able to head off class action lawsuits by simply making a money offer to plaintiffs.