U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 87-5324.

853 F.2d 619 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. James Burton JOHNSON, Appellee, James Burton JOHNSON, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron B. Kahn, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Jeffrey R. Brauchle, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.


LAY, Chief Judge.

The United States sued James Burton Johnson, alleging that he had defaulted on Commodity Credit Corporation price support loans made to him for his 1976 and 1977 corn crops. Johnson asserted various counterclaims and affirmative defenses. The government recovered on its contract claims, but the jury also concluded that the government had been negligent in its administration of the farm storage loan program. The jury determined that Johnson sustained...

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