IN RE ARNOLD & BAKER FARMS

Nos. 95-15305, 95-15309, 95-15701.

85 F.3d 1415 (1996)

In re ARNOLD & BAKER FARMS, Debtor. ARNOLD & BAKER FARMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, on Behalf of the UNITED STATES FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, Appellee. ARNOLD & BAKER FARMS, and Western Cotton Services Corp., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, on Behalf of the UNITED STATES FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, Appellee. ARNOLD & BAKER FARMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, on Behalf of the UNITED STATES FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, Western Cotton Services Corp., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don A. Beskrone, Davis & Lowe, Phoenix, Arizona, for appellant Arnold & Baker Farms.

Jon S. Musial, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, Arizona, for appellant Western Cotton Services Corporation.

Richard G. Patrick, Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, Arizona, for appellee.

Before: NORRIS and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and McKIBBEN, District Judge.


WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Debtor Arnold and Baker Farms petitioned for relief under Chapter 11 and filed a plan of reorganization which proposed to satisfy the claims of the creditors by transferring real property to them—colloquially known as a "dirt for debt" plan. When Arnold and Baker's largest creditor, the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), objected to the plan, Arnold and Baker invoked the "cram down" provision of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S...

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