PACIFIC INTERN. MARKETING, INC. v. A & B PRODUCE, INC.

Docket No. 04-3399.

462 F.3d 279 (2006)

PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETING, INC.; Walden-Sparkman, Inc.; J & R Orchards; Desert Fresh, Inc.; Centre Maraicher Eugene Guinos Jr., Inc.; Bonipak Produce Co.; Blazer-Wilkinson, LLC; Agri-Sales, Inc.; Frank Spingola & Son Ltd.; Mark Martin'S J-Mart Express, Inc.;* *Burch Equip., LLC; United Savings Bank; Frutech, Inc.; William Walters; Tanimura & Antle, Inc.; Metz Fresh, LLC; Doud & Associates, Inc.; Boskovich Farms, Inc.; Dennis B. Johnston; Gerald A. Johnston; Johnston Farms; West Coast Distributing, Inc.; *Exel Transportation Services, Inc.; Bartolotta, Inc. (Intervenors in D.C.) v. A & B PRODUCE, INC.; Anthony G. Badolato, an individual; Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia, Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity (Eastern District of PA Civil No. 03-3564). Frank Spingola & Sons, Ltd. v. A & B Produce, Inc.; Anthony Badolato; (Eastern District of PA Civil No. 03-5556). *Exel Transportation Services, Inc., Appellant. *(Amended in accordance with the Clerk's Order dated 9/3/04). **(Dismissed per the Clerk's Order of 9/22/04).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence H. Meuers (argued), Meuers Law Firm, Naples, FL, Jeffrey M. Chebot, Whiteman, Bankes and Chebot, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees.

Paul D. Keenan, Charles L. Howard (argued), Jonathan F. Ball, Janssen Keenan & Ciardi, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant.

Before AMBRO, FUENTES, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes on before the court on an appeal by Exel Transportation Services, Inc. ("Exel") from the district court's order entered on July 21, 2004, denying Exel's claim for payment as administrative expenses from the statutory trust created by the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ("PACA"), 7 U.S.C. § 499e(c), for its services in transporting produce for defendant A & B Produce, Inc. Exel,...

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