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AUSLAND v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 79-1046.

488 F.Supp. 426 (1980)

Eugene A. AUSLAND; Jack Towe; Philip Kurkowski; Oscar Bjerke; Gilman Bjerke; Robert Bjerke; and Allen Bjerke, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; Commodity Credit Corporation; Robert Bergland, United States Secretary of Agriculture; James Williams, Deputy United States Secretary of Agriculture; Ray Fitzgerald, Director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and Director of the Commodity Credit Corporation; South Dakota Wheat Growers Assn., in Andover, South Dakota; South Dakota Wheat Growers Assn., in Bristol, South Dakota; Bagley Grain Company, in Waubay, South Dakota; Bagley Grain Company, in Andover, South Dakota; Bradley Grain Company, in Bradley, South Dakota; Bunge Corporation, in Shawneetown, Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, N. D.

April 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Nicholson, Abourezk, Shack & Mendenhall, Robert L. Mabee, Qualley, Larson & Jones, Sioux Falls, S. D., for plaintiffs.

Joseph H. Barnett, Siegel, Barnett, Schutz, O'Keefe, Jewett & King, Aberdeen, S. D., for defendant Bagley Grain Co. in Waubay and Andover, S. D.

Carleton R. Hoy, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, S. D., for Bradley Grain Co.

Francis M. Smith, Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, S. D., for defendant Bunge Corp.

John J. Ulrich, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for All United States defendants and Chester A. Groseclose, Jr., Richardson, Groseclose, Kornmann & Wyly, Aberdeen, S. D., for defendant S. D. Wheat Growers in Andover and Bristol, S. D.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

DONALD J. PORTER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, residents of Clark and Day Counties in South Dakota, were engaged in farming and livestock operations. In 1976, due to the drought, these counties requested assistance under the Emergency Livestock Feed Program (ELFP), administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), and the Commodity...

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