R BEST PRODUCE v. SHULMAN-RABIN MARKETING, CORP.

Docket No. 04-6352-CV.

467 F.3d 238 (2006)

"R" BEST PRODUCE, INC., Debruyn Produce Company, Inc., A & J Produce Corp., A Trading, AFL Hothouse, Inc., and A & J Trucco, Inc., Plaintiffs, Continental Food Group, LLC., Mayrsohn International Trading Co., Baker Packing Co., Silver Creek Produce, LLC., Les Jardins Agripro, Inc., Impact Brokerage Corp., William Consalo & Sons Farms, Inc., Frank Gargiulo & Sons, Inc., Sun Valley Potato Growers, Inc., and Paul Steinberg Associates, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.M. Rothman, Co., Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, P.J. Produce, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee, Christopher Kelly and Alphas Co. of N.Y. Inc., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees, Frank Falleta, Defendant-Cross-Defendant, Lee Loi Industries, Inc., Defendant, Sunterra Produce Traders, Inc. and Jacobson Produce, Inc., Movants, v. SHULMAN-RABIN MARKETING, CORP., Ana Distribution, Inc., Blaine Larsen Farms, Inc., B.T. Produce Co., Inc., Bronco Produce Corp., D'arrigo Bros. Co. of New York, Inc., Doral Produce Corporation, Fierman Produce Exchange, Inc., Frankie Boy Produce Corp., Kleiman & Hochberg, Inc., Krisp-Pak Sales, Corp., Morris Okun, Inc., Northeast Trading, Inc., Rubin Bros. Produce Corp., Top Banana LLC., Ven-Co. Produce, Inc., and Westwood Banana Co., Inc., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, Gold Digger Apples, Inc. and Sol Fresh Produce, Inc., Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees, East West French Farms, LLC., Claimant, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Diess, III & Kate Ellis, McCarron & Diess, Washington, D.C. (Bruce Levinson, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jonathan F. Ball, Janssen Keenan & Ciardi P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Before: POOLER, KATZMANN, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

For several years the Union Pacific Railroad Company ("Union Pacific") transported perishable agricultural goods from various suppliers to P.J. Produce, Inc., for sale at the Hunts Point Terminal Market in New York City. P.J. Produce eventually defaulted on payments owed to its suppliers, as well as to Union Pacific. As a result, Continental Food Group, LLC ("Continental Food"), an unpaid supplier, sued P.J. Produce to enforce the...

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