Pender Peanut Corp. v. United States

OPINION

RADER, Judge.

Pender Peanut Corporation (plaintiff) instituted this action for repayment of a monetary penalty imposed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This court found no statutory authority for the penalty. Therefore, the court granted plaintiffs summary judgment motion. Pender Peanut Corp. v. United States, 20 Cl.Ct. 447 (Cl.Ct.1990) (Pender Peanut I).

Plaintiff now asks for interest on the repayment. This court can find no statutory authority for interest. Therefore, this court denies plaintiffs request for prejudgment interest.

Facts

Under the Agricultural…