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172164P.pdf 07/17/2018 Bottoms Farm Partnership v. Sonny Perdue
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-2164
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Wollman and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Federal Crop Insurance. The clear language of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act indicated Congress intended to give the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation extensive and broad authority, and that broad grant,
as well as the specific authority over the provisions of insurance and
insurance contract found in 5 U.S.C. Secs. 1505 and 1506, leads the court
to conclude that it must give the Corporation's interpretation of the
special provision dealing with rice insurance substantial deference; the
Corporation's construction of the policy language is not plainly
erroneous, arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or otherwise not
in accordance with law; the Risk Management Authority's determination that
the Corporation was required to provide an interpretation of the special
provision of the policy was not clearly erroneous, arbitrary, capricious
or an abuse of discretion.