Legal Opinion
United States v. Batson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1986No. 84-1710PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Some farmers from Gaines had a plan.
It amounted to quite a big scam.
But the payments for cotton
began to smell rotten.
Twas a mugging of poor Uncle Sam.
The ASCS and its crew
uncovered this fraudulent stew.
After quite a few hearings,
the end is now nearing—
It awaits our judicial review.
The United States initiated these seven suits in 1979 to enforce administrative determinations of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), which ordered appellants to refund over-payments of cotton subsidies obtained in 1972 and 1973 through a scheme or device to defeat…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Federal Trade Commission v. Cement InstituteSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Thomas v. Texas Department of Criminal JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Dcp Farms v. Clayton Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Knaub v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1991
- Raines v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1987
- In The Matter Of The Claim For Compensation Under The Longshore And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Neil Abbott, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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