U.S. v. CROWN EQUIPMENT CORP.

No. 95-2035.

86 F.3d 700 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Cameli (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Madison, WI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Donald M. Lieb (argued), Paul J. Pytlik, Otje, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 21, 1996.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The United States, as the real party in interest, commenced this action on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation to recover damages for commodities destroyed in a warehouse fire in Wisconsin. See 15 U.S.C. § 714b(c). The destroyed commodities, including millions of pounds of surplus butter, had been acquired by the United States under a federal price-support...

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