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LaPLANT v. U.S.

No. 87-4046.

872 F.2d 881 (1989)

Francis A. LAPLANT, and Clara J. LaPlant, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America and its Department of Agriculture, Farmers Home Administration; John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture; Charles W. Shuman, FmHA Administrator; Arthur R. Lund, FmHA State Director; Theodore L. Hebnes, FmHA Acting State Director; Dale Gilbert, FmHA District Director; Charles Green, FmHA employee; and Claude Hargrove, FmHA County Director, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1989.

Order Staying Mandate May 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Olson, Baiz & Olson, Great Falls, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carl E. Rostad, Asst. U.S. Atty., Great Falls, Mont., for defendants-appellees.

Before SCHROEDER, ALARCON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Francis and Clara LaPlant appeal the district court's dismissal of their action for want of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court held that appellants' suit is a contract action, which under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(a), 1491, is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Claims Court. We affirm.

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Appellants, ranchers in Montana, entered...

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