Cummings v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

TURNER, Judge.

Clancy Cummings, who had made loan and security agreements with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) in 1979, instituted suit on November 18, 1986. His claims for damages of not less than seven million dollars rest upon assertions that FmHA wrongfully delayed closing of his loans in 1979 and wrongfully denied his applications for additional loans in 1980.

On February 9, 1987, defendant filed a motion to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgment. Because items outside the pleadings have been submitted by both parties for…