Alphas Co., Inc. v. Dan Tudor & Sons Sales, Inc.

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

This case involves the statutory appeals process to the federal courts for review of disputes over perishable agricultural goods. The question presented, new to this court, is whether a petitioner’s failure to comply with the bond requirement in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1980 (“PACA”), 7 U.S.C. § 499a et seq., which authorizes an appeal to a federal district court from a reparation order by the Secretary of Agriculture, renders that appeal ineffective under 7 U.S.C. § 499g(c). We hold that appellant’s failure to file the required bond here rendered its…