LEE v. YEUTTER

No. 89-5604MN.

917 F.2d 1104 (1990)

Robert E. LEE; Fayette L. Lee; Edward C. Bethke; Eileen G. Bethke; and Dianna Hunter on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. Clayton YEUTTER, Secretary of Agriculture, and Neal Sox Johnson, Acting Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randi Ilyse Roth, St. Paul, Minn., for appellants.

Robert M. Loeb, of the Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

At issue is a challenge to regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) that prevent farmers who have had their Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) debt discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy from taking advantage of certain debt restructuring programs. We agree with the district court's1 ruling that the regulations are permissible and hence we affirm.

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