R & R FARM ENTERPRISES v. FEDERAL CROP. INS. CORP.

No. 85-4248.

788 F.2d 1148 (1986)

R & R FARM ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., D.H. Perkins, Jr, Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Russell Caplan, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Aaron B. Kahn, Raymond W. Fullerton, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Jones, Jones & Alexander, J.B. Jones, Jr., Jennifer J. Bercier, Cameron, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH HOLLAN JONES, Circuit Judge:

R & R Farm Enterprises, Inc., (R & R) seeks to recover the proceeds of two rice crop insurance policies. The district court found in its favor and entered judgment against the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) for $214,928.82 plus interest from the date of judicial demand. Finding that the district court erred both in its allocation of the burden of proof and in charging the FCIC with interest, we VACATE and REMAND...

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