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PRESTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-1873.

596 F.2d 232 (1979)

Robert L. PRESTON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamilton Smith, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frederick J. Erhardt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and CROWLEY, District Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Robert L. Preston and 67 other farmers and estates of deceased farmers have sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)) for damages, claiming that they lost $1,910,057.421 in their dealings with Grain Finance Company, Inc. (Grain Finance) and Farmers Grain Exchange, Inc. (FGX) by reason of negligent and wrongful actions of the United States Department of Agriculture...

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