Wright v. United States

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

Plaintiff requests review of the Secretary of Agriculture’s determination of fair market value of plaintiff’s poultry flock following the flock’s destruction at the Secretary’s order. Plaintiff also seeks redress for property damaged or destroyed by defendant during the subsequent cleaning and disinfecting of plaintiff’s premises.

FACTS

In 1983, plaintiff Frederick L. Wright was a successful poultry breeder. He had begun his own chicken farm following college and over the years had expanded his operation to include not only the normal raising of chickens for…