Country Best v. Christopher Ranch, LLC

We must decide whether sellers who are beneficiaries of a trust established under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act are entitled to attorney fees and costs as provided in their contracts. We hold that attorney fee and interest provisions can be enforceable as additional contract terms under the Uniform Commercial Code, and that such fees and interest can be awarded as “sums owing in connection with” perishable commodities transactions under the PACA statute. We reverse the district court’s ruling denying fees and costs and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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