Legal Opinion

In Re 2000 Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Litigation

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided September 26, 2002No. 01-CV-1629 (JMR/FLN). No. 01-CV-1630 (PAM/SRN). No. 01-CV-1632 (DSD/SRN). No. 01-CV-1633 (ADM/AJB). No. 01-CV-1634 (DWF/AJB). No. 01-CV-1635 (DSD/JGL). No. 01-CV-1636 (DWF/SRN). No. 01-CV-1636 (PAM/JGL). No. 01-CV-2242 (MJD/JGL)PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ROSENBAUM, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendants’ motion to dismiss, or alternatively, to compel arbitration. The parties previously appeared on a motion to remand on December 14, 2001. 1 For purposes of this motions only, the Court considers the facts as follows.

I. Background

These cases involve multi-peril crop insurance contracts covering sugar beets. Plaintiffs are sugar beet growers. In October, 2000, a hard frost damaged or destroyed their crops, causing significant financial loss. Plaintiffs had purchased multi-peril crop insurance that — according to their…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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  3. Green Tree Financial Corp.-Alabama v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. National Crop Insurance Services, Inc. v. Federal Crop Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  2. Bachman Sunny Hill Fruit Farms v. Producers Agriculture Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2023
  3. Great American Insurance v. MoyeDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2010
  4. Erickson v. Thrivent Insurance Agency Inc.District Court, D. South Dakota · 2017
  5. JBS Farms, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Agribusiness, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2006

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