Legal Opinion
Aiman Ghattas, Doing Business as a & M Food Shop v. United States of America Michael Espy, Secretary of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1994No. 93-3867PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Aiman Ghattas (“Ghattas”) owns the A & M Food Shop (“A & M”), a small grocery store in St. Louis, Missouri. Thirty percent of A & M’s revenues comes from food stamp purchases. During the period in question, Ghattas’s father opened the store in the morning and worked until 3:00 p.m. Clerk Ghandi Owais worked alone in the store from 3:00 p.m. until it closed at 8:00 p.m. During a “sting” investigation, Owais illegally purchased discounted food stamps from an undercover agent, twice when Owais was alone in the store and twice at other locations. After the first three illegal…
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