DOANE v. ESPY

No. 93-2911.

26 F.3d 783 (1994)

Russell C. DOANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael ESPY, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Malasky, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC (argued), William R. Steinmetz, Reinhart, Boerner, Vandeuren, Norris & Rieselbach, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mark S. Flynn, Dept. of Labor, Office of Sol., (argued), Margaret M. Breinholt, Raymond Fullerton, Dept. of Agriculture, Office of Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, Christa A. Reisterer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Madison, WI, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and NORGLE, District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Russell Doane owns Doane Farms in Dunn County, Wisconsin, where he raises dark red kidney beans and corn. He also owns a sixty percent interest in Chippewa Valley Bean Company ("CVBC"), a licensed public warehouse for storing and handling kidney beans that also acts as a marketing agent for producers who wish to sell their kidney beans. During the summer of 1988, a severe drought caused a nineteen percent loss of Doane's corn crop and a fifty...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases