Larry Lay v. Burley Stabilization Corporati

Plaintiffs and appellants Larry C. Lay, et al., fifty-five members of appellee Bur-ley Stabilization Corporation (“BSC”) (“members”), are tobacco producers who sold burley tobacco through the federal price support program in one or more of the 1982 through 2004 crop years. They appeal the district court’s1 dismissal of their case without prejudice, seeking funds allegedly wrongfully being withheld from them by BSC. The members contest the district court’s subject matter jurisdiction, contend that collateral estoppel does not bar the action, and argue that then claims do not implicate state…