GOLMAN-HAYDEN CO. v. FRESH SOURCE PRODUCE INC.

Nos. 98-11506, 99-10489.

217 F.3d 348 (2000)

GOLMAN-HAYDEN CO., INC.; Ideal Sales Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Martin Brothers Produce; Roger's Produce Inc.; Bear Produce Co., Inc.; Southmill Distribution Inc., doing business as Southmill Dallas, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FRESH SOURCE PRODUCE INC., et al., Defendants, Edward Tomaneng, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Diess, III (argued), McCarron & Associates, Washington, DC, Quinn C. Chandler, Chandler & Chandler, Dallas, TX, for Golman-Hayden Co., Inc., Ideal Sales, Inc. and Southmill Distribution, Inc.

Michael Geoffrey Wimer, Wimer & Jobe, Dallas, TX, for Martin Bros. Produce and Roger's Produce, Inc.

Robert W. Yaquinto, Jr., Sherman & Yaquinto, Dallas, TX, for Bear Produce Co., Inc.

Christopher M. Weil (argued), Jeffrey Wallace Hellberg, Jr. (argued), Weil & Petrocchi, Dallas, TX, for Tomaneng.

Before POLITZ and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Fresh Source Produce, Inc. and Edward Tomaneng appeal an adverse summary judgment and award of attorney's fees in a suit brought under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).1 For the reasons assigned, we affirm the summary judgment and reverse the award of attorney's fees.

BACKGROUND

This action invoking PACA was filed on December 3, 1997. The original plaintiffs, Golman-Hayden Company...

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