United States v. Jon-T Chemicals, Inc., and Lewis M. Overton, Jr., Receiver for Jon-T Chemicals, Inc.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is the latest installment in a series of cases that threatens to become, in its own small way, a latter-day Jarndyce and Jarndyce, 1 The cases arose as a result of fraudulent misrepresentations by John H. Thomas, Lonnie D. Clark, and Jon-T Farms, Inc., to obtain agricultural subsidies under the Upland Cotton Program. 2 Initially, the government sought and obtained criminal convictions against these defendants, which we subsequently affirmed on appeal. United States v. Thomas, 593 F.2d 615 (“Thomas I”) (affirming in part and remanding in part), modified on…