Hilo Coast Processing Co. v. United States

OPINION

NETTESHEIM, Judge.

This case was transferred to the court after cross-motions for summary judgment had been briefed. Plaintiffs challenge a determination by the United States Department of Agriculture (the “USDA” or the “Department”) denying coverage to part of their 1977 sugar crop under a price support payment program for the 1977 crop of sugar beets and sugar cane administered by the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Plaintiff Hilo Coast Processing Company and 13 other named plaintiffs (collectively referred to as “plaintiffs”)…