Legal Opinion
Kingdom Fresh Produce, Inc. v. Stokes Law Office, L.L.P. (In Re Delta Produce, L.P.)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 21, 2016No. 14-51079; Consolidated with 14-51080PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:
The prior opinion is withdrawn and the following is substituted to clarify in response to the final argument made in Ap-pellees Cross-Appellants’ petition for panel rehearing. The motion is denied otherwise.
This attorney’s fee dispute has its roots in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), a Depression-era statute designed to protect sellers of perishable produce from delinquent purchasers. Two such purchasers filed for bankruptcy and the bankruptcy court appointed special counsel to collect and disburse funds to PACA-protected sellers that had claims…
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