Legal Opinion

Gulf Coast Rice Producers Ass'n v. Block

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided May 8, 1985No. Civ. A. G-83-433PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUGH GIBSON, District Judge.

Before the Court are defendants’ motion to dismiss and motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs, a group of ■ Texas rice producers, instituted this action against the United States Department of Agriculture, Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block, and the Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC), seeking damages for anticipatory breach of contract.

The individual plaintiffs entered into contracts with the CCC in order to participate in the 1983 Rice Payment-In-Kind (PIK) program. Under these contracts, plaintiffs agreed to set aside certain base acreage that…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Rainwater v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Elaine Easley Russell v. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Tom Stone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
  5. United States v. The McCabe Company, a Corporation, American Surety Company of New York v. The McCabe Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Alimenta (USA), Inc. v. BlockDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1986

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