Legal Opinion
Martin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1985No. Nos. 84-1766 to 84-1768PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Appellants (debtors) are farmers in North Dakota who have filed petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. They appeal from the district court’s decision barring them from selling grain, stored on their property but mortgaged to Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), and using the cash proceeds to finance their 1984 farming operations. CCC is an agency of the United States government whose primary purpose is to stabilize, support, and protect the agricultural commodities market. See 15 U.S.C. § 714. In reversing the bankruptcy court’s decision…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- 12 Collier bankr.cas.2d 974, Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,543 in Re Ray O. Martin and Joan Y. Martin, Husband and Wife, Debtors. Ray O. Martin, A/K/A Ray A. Martin and Joan Y. Martin, Husband and Wife v. United States of America, Acting Through the Commodity Credit Corporation, an Agency of the United States Dept. Of Agriculture, Ray O. Martin, A/K/A Ray A. Martin and Joan Y. Martin, Husband and Wife v. Production Credit Association of Fargo, North Dakota, (Two Cases) in Re Curtis Norman Berg and Kathryn Yvonne Berg, Husband and Wife, Debtors. Curtis Norman Berg and Kathryn Yvonne Berg, Husband and Wife v. United States of America, Acting Through the Commodity Credit Corporation, an Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, in Re Thomas Nikolaisen and Claudia Nikolaisen, Husband and Wife, Debtors. Thomas Nikolaisen and Claudia Nikolaisen, Husband and Wife v. United States of America, Acting Through the Commodity Credit Corporation, an Agency of the United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
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