Legal Opinion
Robinson Farms Co. v. Anthony D'acquisto, D/B/A Tropic Banana Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1992No. 91-1017PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Robinson Farms Company (Robinson Farms) sued Anthony D’Acquisto, doing business as Tropic Banana Company (Tropic) for payment on a load of cantaloupes delivered to Tropic in July of 1987.1 D’Ac-quisto paid for the cantaloupes upon receiving them, but later stopped payment on his check, claiming the cantaloupes were of inferior quality. Robinson Farms then filed a complaint with the United States Department of Agriculture under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), 7 U.S.C. § 499f. The Secretary of Agriculture ordered Tropic to pay $3,030, the full price of…
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