The list below is made of links to documents that were filed in the Court case, including Court Orders and other filings relating to definition and preliminary certification of the Settlement Class, the Court's consideration of the proposed settlement and objections filed to the proposal, and procedural and other issues resolved by Court orders entered before July 1, 2022. It also includes notices directed to known and possible Class members.

They are in reverse chronological order, with the most recently filed document at the top.  Links in the archived documents may have been disabled. For example, links for submission of documents or to check on class membership are inoperable.  It is too late to apply for Class membership or establish eligibility to share in distributions.

10/4/22 Order about additional, final Class Counsel fee award

9/22/22 Class Counsel’s Motion re Fees

6/3/22 Settlement Class Counsel's Status Report

3/4/22 Settlement Class Counsel's Status Report

12/9/21 Order about initial distribution and Class Counsel fees

12/9/21 Order about reserved funding source for Dark & Burley Tobacco Producers Association Inc.

11/22/21 Co-op Progress Report

11/22/21 Settlement Class Counsel’s Statement-Report about Class Counsel Work

11/22/21 Order directing disbursements and distribution

11/22/21 Order about settlement procedures, including objections to determinations made about class membership or eligibility

8/24/21 Order denying Objectors' motion to alter Amended Order Approving Partial Settlement

8/24/21 Order denying W.H. Graddy & Associates motions about attorney fees

7/28/22 Amended Opinion and Order Approving Partial Settlement

6/11/21 Opinion and Order Approving Partial Settlement

6/11/21 Opinion and Order Awarding Service Fees and Attorneys' Fees and Nontaxable Costs

4/19/21 Order granting additional time and notice for Class membership submissions

2/7/21 Findings and Opinion about preliminary Class certification, appointing Class Representatives, and appointing Class Counsel

Notice about petitions for attorney’s fees, published in newspapers and other media in January 2021

Notice of rights and options in the proposed Burley Co-op dissolution settlement, mailed to over 4000 persons on December 1, 2020

11/17/20 Amended Preliminary Certification Order

11/17/20 Order Directing Notice of Proposed Settlement to Settlement Class and Scheduling Fairness Hearing

11/10/20 Preliminary Certification Order

9/27/20 Findings and Opinion about scope and type for proposed class

6/10/20 Stipulation & Agreement of Partial Settlement

5/5/20 Corrected Third Amended Complaint