STAHL v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. 02-2915.

327 F.3d 697 (2003)

Clarice A. STAHL; Loretta A. Anderson; Thomas K. Anderson; Don A. Armstrong; Mary A. Armstrong; Joseph Bauer; Coy Beardsley; Sue Beardsley; Anna Lou Bergtoll; Leo O. Bergtoll; Edwin C. Berkholtz, Jr.; Lois J. Berkholtz; Becky Bizzle; Gilbert Bizzle; Edroy Boe; Solveig Boe; Dennis D. Bromaghin; Phyllis G. Bromaghin, Plaintiffs/Appellants, Darrell Bukaske, Plaintiff, Kathleen W. Burgess; Lesley W. Burgess; James E. Clark; Lillian Clark; Donald R. Cloose; Elvera O. Cloose; Robert H. Cotton; Delma K. Delp; Jay E. Delp; Robert N. Dettenhaim; Vicky R. Dettenhaim; Eleanor A. Gladish; Charles Leland Gladish; Frances A. Glinsmann; Wendell C. Glinsmann; Marvin F. Greiner; James A. Hamilton; Karla K. Ibes; Robert D. Ibes, Jr.; Don L. Jensen; Leola F. Jensen; Gladys M. Jourdan; Paul M. Jourdan; Catherine R. Kainz; Dennis L. Kainz; Carol Kinnischtzke; Karyl Kinnischtzke; Don A. McClanahan; Krystal G. McClanahan; Carol McCrery; Dennis McCrery; Gerald Mercer; Sharon O. Mercer; Terry R. Mercer; Allen H. Merrick; Carol A. Merrick; Clarence A. Merrick; Verna Merrick; Raymond Meyer; Raymond Meyer; Valerie Meyer; Mary Katherine Miller; Ralph A. Miller; Arlen W. Morgan; Lois E. Morgan; Linda A. Novak; Melvin J. Novak; Lindsay Orr; Julie Orr; Carl P. Palczewski; Esther L. Palczewski; Frank L. Privratsky; Lonnie J. Privratsky; Marilyn J. Rahe; Robert F. Rahe; Johnny W. Roberts; Norma H. Roberts; Carol M. Roth; J. Richard Roth; Helen Rowan; Robert Rowan; D.L. Simmons; Cynthia L. Simmering; Donald C. Simmering, II; Bernadette L. Sobolik; Miles P. Sobolik; William J. Spiczka; Janice D. Spiczka; Harris O. Stevens; Jacqueline Stevens; Dennis Strom, doing business as Strom Ranch, Inc.; Phyllis Sullivan; Wayne Sullivan; Jennings D. Sunderland; Clarice Sunderland; Noelle J. Swanson; Richard A. Swanson; Jay R. Thacker; Valerie Thacker; Donna S. Throgmorton; Guy L. Throgmorton; Harold D. Volbrecht; Sheryl K. Volbrecht; Glenn O. Wagner; Herman F. Werle; Marsha L. Werle; Larry L. Zechiel; Ruth A. Zechiel; Arlene M. Ziemer; Rynold W. Ziemer; Terry W. Thomas, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Secretary of Agriculture, in her Official Capacity, Agent Ann M. Veneman, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Vogel, argued, Bismarck, ND (Beth A. Baumstark, Bismarck, ND; Allan Kanner and Conlee Whiteley, New Orleans, LA; Richard Quintus and Charles Darwin "Skip" Davidson, Little Rock, AR and Dale Reesman, Booneville, MO, on the brief), for appellants.

Eric D. Miller, argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC (Michael Jay Singer, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The appellants entered into agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) whereby the USDA agreed to write-down a portion of their debt in exchange for part of the appreciation in the value of their farms or ranches during the term of the agreement. Appellants initiated this declaratory judgment action, arguing that their obligation to pay ended with the term of the agreement and challenging the USDA's determination of...

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