MAPLE DRIVE FARMS LTD. PARTNERSHIP v. VILSACK

No. 13-1091.

781 F.3d 837 (2015)

MAPLE DRIVE FARMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff, Nicholas H. Smith, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tom VILSACK, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley L. Smith , Endurance Law Group PLC, Jackson, Michigan, for Appellant. Michael L. Shiparski , United States Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Bradley L. Smith , Endurance Law Group PLC, Jackson, Michigan, for Appellant. Michael L. Shiparski , United States Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; and CLELAND, District Judge.


OPINION

The "Swampbuster" provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 deny certain farm-program benefits to persons who convert a wetland on their property for agricultural purposes. Nicholas H. Smith challenges the United States Department of Agriculture's determination that Smith had converted 2.24 acres of wetland...

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