1993 Archived AgLaw

JANUARY

  • THE ASCS “90-DAY RULE”
  • FEDERAL CIRCUIT CONSTRUES PVPA FARMER EXEMPTION
  • SURETY ON PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT BOND PREVAILS IN WRONGFUL TERMINATION ACTION.
  • STATE REGULATION OF CONTRACT FEEDING AND PACKER INTEGRATION IN THE SWINE INDUSTRY
  • RECENT GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORTS

 

FEBRUARY

  • PRESIDENT CLINTON’S “VISION OF CHANGE FOR AMERICA” AND AGRICULTURE
  • FMHA DEBARMENT OF BANK DID NOT VIOLATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
  • FEDERAL REGISTER IN BRIEF
  • AGRARIAN REFORM IN MEXICO
  • STATE ROUNDUP

 

MARCH

  • COURTS ADDRESS CHAPTER 12 DISPOSABLE INCOME REQUIREMENT
  • FIFTH CIRCUIT ADOPTS “PER SE” RULE IN PACA CASE
  • TENTH CIRCUIT RULES IN CHAPTER 12 TRUSTEE’S FEE
  • OBSTACLES TO RECOVERY IN DEFECTIVE SEED CASES
  • ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES ON FIFRA REMAND

 

APRIL

  • FEDERAL COURT RULES ASCS HANDBOOKS ARE NOT BINDING ON FARMERS
  • PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGEMENT GRANTED IN CHALLENGE TO TERMINATION OF COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP
  • FOURTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS JUDICIAL OFFICER IN HORSE SORING CASE
  • FINIAL AGENCY ACTION NEEDED FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW
  • ASCS’S DENIAL OF EQUITABLE RELIEF HELD NOT REVIEWABLE
  • AG LAW FIRM CRITICIZED BY BANKRUPTCY COURT

 

MAY

  • 1989 DISASTER ASSISTANCE ACT FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS UPHELD
  • FAILURES TO COMPLY WITH PACA TRUST REQUIREMENTS NEGATES TRUST PROTECTION
  • PACA CONSTRUED TO IMPOSE INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY FOR CORPORATE DEBTS
  • EIGHTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS SUSPENSION OF SASS
  • JURISDICTIONAL AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES UNDER THE NEW EPA REGION VI GENERAL CAFO PERMIT

JUNE

  • RENEWAL OF WATER CONTRACTS
  • ASCS DENIAL OF DISASTER PAYMENTS NOT ARBITRARY OR VIOLATIVE OF PRODUCER’S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS
  • ASGROWS EXPECTED TO SEEK SUPREME COURT REVIEW
  • AGRICULTURAL LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • COMPLYING WITH THE OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD
  • PACA CONSTRUED TO IMPOSE INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY FOR CORPORATE DEBTS

 

JULY

  • U.S. SUPREME COURT LIMITS EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES DOCTRINE
  • SEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES THAT PRICE LATER CONTRACTS QUALIFY FOR INSTALLMENT SALES TREATMENT
  • ASCS DENIAL OF DISASTER BENEFITS UPHELD
  • DETERMINING WHETHER A WORKER IS AN EMPLOYEE OR AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
  • REVIEW: A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL ERA FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL

 

AUGUST

  • NEW USDA NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION BILLS INTRODUCED
  • 1993 DISASTER ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION ENACTED
  • IN DEPTH: WHO OWNS DINNER- EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RULES FOR OWNERSHIP OF PLANT GENETICS
  • AGRICULTURAL LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

SEPTEMBER

  • THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION’S NEW WETLAND POLICIES
  • CH. 12 BANKRUPTCY EXTENDED AND AMENDED
  • EIGHTH CIRCUIT RULES ON SETOFF OF CRP PAYMENTS
  • THE AGRICULTURAL PROVISIONS IN THE OMNIBUS RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993
  • “PLANNED INTERVENTION”FOR CAFO POLLUTION ABATEMENT IN TEXAS

 

OCTOBER

  • PESTICIDES AND FOOD SAFETY: THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL
  • EIGHTH CIRCUIT CONSIDERS RAILROAD’S CERTIFICATE OF TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
  • IN DEPTH: SUGGESTIONS FOR PURSUING ASCS NAD APPEALS
  • COURTS DISAGREE ON CRP PAYMENTS

 

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

  • EIGHTH CIRCUIT RULES IN GRAIN WAREHOUSE INSPECTION CASE
  • OBSTACLES TO RECOVERY IN DEFECTIVE SEED CASES – REVISITED
  • JUDICIAL REVIEW PROVISIONS OF 190 FARM BILL APPLIED TO DEFEAT CLAIM AGAINST REVIEW
  • NORTH DAKOTA.  DUTY TO CONTROL WEEDS
  • IN DEPTH – FINAL REPORT ON U.C.C. ARTICLE 7 TO THE PEB
  • NORTH DAKOTA FARMER’S DELIVERY OF WRONG TYPE OF WHEAT
  • PAYMENT LIMITATION RULES, PROCEDURES