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073127P.pdf 08/12/2008 Dorothy Clark v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-3127
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and John R.
Gibson, Circuit Judge]
Civil case - Food Security Act of 1985. FDA's interpretation of
ambiguous term in the Swampbuster provisions of the Food Security Act
was within the Agency's authority and was a persuasive, practical and
permissible interpretation of the statute's intent; applying the
interpretation, it was beyond doubt that Clark had violated the Act by
manipulating the wetlands in question for the purpose of making
agricultural production possible.