BUTTONWILLOW GINNING CO. v. FEDERAL CROP INS.

No. 84-1942.

767 F.2d 612 (1985)

BUTTONWILLOW GINNING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Self, Young, Wooldrige, Paulden, Self, Farr & Griffin, Bakersfield, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

E. Roy Hawkens, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Barbara S. Woodall, Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Before DUNIWAY and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) appeals from a judgment declaring that it is liable under a crop insurance policy to the holder of a security interest in an insured's damaged crops when the insured made no assignment of his rights under the policy to the holder of the security interest. We reverse.

I. Facts.

In April, 1982, Mohinder and Gurchain Athwal, grape and raisin farmers, borrowed $160,000 from...

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