Legal Opinion
In re Spiech Farms, LLC
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided July 3, 2019No. Case No. GK 17-05398-jtgPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
From the beginning, nearly every aspect of the Debtor's case was disputed. At the forefront of these disputes was Produce Pay's contention that it was a beneficiary of a trust under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 7 U.S.C. § 499 et seq . ("PACA"). This court ultimately determined that because Produce Pay did not buy, sell and/or supply produce or otherwise succeed to the Debtor's rights in produce, it was not a PACA trust beneficiary. In re Spiech Farms, LLC , 592 B.R. 152 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2018).4 The Growers, too, claimed that they were beneficiaries of a PACA trust. When the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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