O'Connell v. United States

OPINION

NETTESHEIM, Judge.

The backdrop for this case before the court after argument on cross-motions for summary judgment is an administrative process that would have invited Franz Kafka to take notes. Plaintiff applied to participate in a program to reduce milk production, and her contract was accepted. After she reduced her herd substantially in reliance on forthcoming contract payments, the first payment was disapproved. The local governmental office responsible recommended leniency or special consideration, because whatever deficiency in plaintiff’s eligibility for payment, all the facts…