Bair v. United States

OPINION

BASKIR, Judge.

This case involves an alleged taking without compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The Plaintiffs (“Growers”) claim they have state law liens on the crop of sugar beets delivered in 2000 to Pacific Northwest Sugar Company, LLC (“PNSC”). The Commodity Credit Corporation (“CCC”) has a superior interest in the same sugar as a result of PNSC’s utilization of a Federal program that provides loans to beet processors in exchange for a “super-priority” security interest in sugar inventory. The Growers’ state law liens on 2000 crop year sugar attached before PNSC…