United States v. Bass. Bass v. United States

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

This is an action whereby plaintiff seeks to recapture a meat subsidy payment in the amount of $32,773.14, together with 4% interest from the date of disbursement. From a summary judgment entered below in favor of plaintiff for the principal sum, both parties appeal, defendant on the ground that plaintiff is not entitled to judgment as a matter of law, and plaintiff on the ground that the trial court erred in its allowance of interest.

Defendant is a livestock slaughterer who, like others engaged in that industry, was the recipient of substantial federal meat subsidies…