HEART OF AMERICA GRAIN v. MISSOURI DEPT. OF AGRIC.

Nos. 96-3249, 96-3263.

123 F.3d 1098 (1997)

HEART OF AMERICA GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, INC.; Thomas J. Clatanoff; Jack L. Covey; Stephen E. Plummer; Monty M. Uptegrove, Plaintiffs, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; Stephen Bell; Tommy D. Hopkins, Defendants. STATE OF MISSOURI, ex rel. John L. SAUNDERS, Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HEART OF AMERICA GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, INC.; Thomas J. Clatanoff; Stephen E. Plummer; Jack L. Covey; Monty M. Uptegrove, Defendants-Appellees. HEART OF AMERICA GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, INC.; Thomas J. Clatanoff; Jack L. Covey; Stephen E. Plummer; Monty M. Uptegrove, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; Stephen Bell; Tommy D. Hopkins, Defendants-Appellees. STATE OF MISSOURI, ex rel. John L. SAUNDERS, Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HEART OF AMERICA GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, INC.; Thomas J. Clatanoff; Stephen E. Plummer; Jack L. Covey; Monty M. Uptegrove, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Scott, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, argued, for appellants/cross-appellees Missouri Department of Agriculture, et al.

Rebecca L. McGinnis, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellees/cross-appellants Heart of America, et al.

Paul Rauschenbach, Assistant Attorney General, St. Louis, MO, argued, for appellee Tommy D. Hopkins in No. 96-3263.

Before BOWMAN and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and KYLE, District Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture, ex rel John L. Saunders, Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture (the Department); Stephen Bell; and Tommy D. Hopkins appeal from an order of the District Court2 granting summary judgment to Heart of America Grain Inspection Service Inc., Thomas J. Clatanoff, Jack L. Covey, Stephen E. Plummer, and Monty M. Uptegrove (collectively, HOA) on HOA's counterclaim for...

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