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031400P.pdf   12/27/2005  Jason Mages  v.  Ann Veneman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-1400
   District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with John R. Gibson and Bowman, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Federal Farm Programs. United States Department of
   Agriculture's decision to require Mages to repay $470,000 in farm
   program benefits reversed; the USDA erred in determining that Mages
   did not have a separate and distinct interest in his own farming operation
   as its determination is inconsistent with the applicable regulation; USDA
   also erred in finding Mages had engaged in a scheme or device to evade
   payment limitations under the farm benefits program.