Legal Opinion

S & a Farms, Inc. v. Farms. Com, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 30, 2012No. 11-2564PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

S & A Farms, Inc. (“S & A”) sued Farms.com Risk Management, Limited (“Farms.com”), 1 alleging that Farms.com violated the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), breached its fiduciary duty, committed negligence, and made misrepresentations. Farms.com moved for summary judgment on all of S & A’s claims. The district court 2 granted Farms.com’s motion for summary judgment. S & A now appeals. We affirm.

I. Background

S & A is an Iowa corporation that produces soybeans, hogs, and corn and sells soybeans and hogs. Scout Renaud (“Renaud”) and Abbie Renaud are S & A’s sole officers,…

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