Legal Opinion
Sims v. United States Department of Agriculture Food & Nutrition Service
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1988No. Nos. 88-1381, 88-1454PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
James Sims owns and operates a grocery store in Marvell, Arkansas. He appeals his store’s disqualification from participation in the food stamp program by the United States Food and Nutrition Service (the FNS) for alleged violations of the Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 2011 — 2030. The FNS imposed a three year disqualification1 on Sims after it determined that his store had a practice of accepting food stamps for nonfood items in violation of 7 U.S.C. § 2021.2
The district court found that the agency’s action was arbitrary and capricious on four different grounds:…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- James Sims, Owner of Sims Enterprises v. United States Department of Agriculture Food & Nutrition Service, United States of America. James Sims, Owner of Sims Enterprises v. United States Department of Agriculture Food & Nutrition Service, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Pena v. US DEPT. OF AGRICULTUREDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1992