Legal Opinion
Middle Mountain Land & Produce Inc. v. Sound Commodities Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 17, 2002No. 01-35471PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge.
Appellant J.R. Simplot Company (“Sim-plot”) appeals the district court’s denial of its interest and attorneys’ fees claims against Sound Commodities (“Sound”). We consider whether the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (“PACA”), 7 U.S.C. § 499e(c)(2), as amended (2000 & Supp.2002), supports a contractual right to attorneys’ fees and interest as part of a PACA trust claim.
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This is a PACA action for proceeds from the sale of agricultural products held in trust by Sound.1 After the bankruptcy *1222and liquidation of Sound, Simplot, an agricultural supplier, filed a…
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