Legal Opinion
Michael Adkins v. US Dept of Agriculture, e
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2018No. 17-10759PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, Circuit Judge:
*398 This case involves crop insurance for farmers. Unlike other types of insurance, such as home or car insurance, crop insurance sometimes protects an asset that does not yet exist. For example, the insurance may cover the effects of a drought or other unusual weather that prevents crops from growing. Since the crops do not exist, the insurance policies often predict how much a farmer will grow based on historical data about that farmer's crops or other crops in the area.
At issue here is a statutory scheme that dictates how to calculate farmers' crop insurance policies.…
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