Case Law Index
Federal Crop Insurance Program

January 1, 2002 - July 1, 2008

This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving the Federal Crop Insurance Program that were decided on or after January 1, 2002. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.

FOURTH CIRCUIT

Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Mills, No. 4:06-cv-01971-RBH, 2008 WL 2250256 (D. S.C. May 29, 2008) (person with insurable crop interest)

In re Peanut Crop Ins. Litig., 524 F.3d 458 (4th Cir. 2008) (indemnity rate of quota peanuts)

Eatmon v. Morgan, 145 Fed. App'x 839 (4th Cir. 2005)

United States. v. Undetermined Amount of U.S. Currency, 376 F.3d 260 (4th Cir. 2004)

FIFTH CIRCUIT

Redecop v. Gerber, Civil Action No. 4:04CV62-P-B, 2007 WL 120716 (N.D. Miss. Jan. 11, 2007)

United States v. Fullwood, 342 F.3d 409 (5th Cir. 2003)

Rain & Hail Ins. Serv., Inc. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., 229 F.Supp. 2d 710 (S.D. Tex. 2002)

SIXTH CIRCUIT

United States v. Kuehnemund, 208 Fed. App'x 371 (6th Cir. 2006)

United States v. Bli, Civil No. 00-10484, 2006 WL 3333104 (E.D. Mich. Nov. 15, 2006)

Farmers Crop Ins. Alliance v. Laux, 442 F.Supp. 2d 488 (S.D. Ohio 2006)

SEVENTH CIRCUIT

Buchholz v. Rural Cmty. Ins. Co., No. 05C0115C, 2005 WL 1711153 (W.D. Wis. July 20, 2005) (exhaustion of remedies)

Buchholz v. Rural Cmty. Ins. Co., No. 05C0115C, 2005 WL 1711153 (W.D. Wis. July 20, 2005) (standing)

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

U.S. v. Hawley, No. C 06-4087-MWB, 2008 WL 2600144 (N.D. Iowa June 27, 2008) (False Claims Act)

U.S. v. Hawley, No. C 06-4087-MWB, 2008 WL 912886 (N.D. Iowa, April 3, 2008) (False Claims Act)

Rain & Hail, L.L.C. v. Harness, No. 4:07-MC-510 CAS, 2008 WL 544982 (E.D. Mo. Feb. 25, 2008) (confirming arbitration award)

U.S. v. Wentworth, No. 4:06CR3172, 2007 WL 4608720 (D. Neb. Dec. 31, 2007) (criminal fraud and misrepresentation charges)

Anderson v. Farm Serv. Agency, Civil No. 06-1945 ADM/AJB, 2007 WL 1657395 (D.Minn. June 8, 2007)

Stedman v. Great Am. Ins. Co., No. 4:06-cv-101, 2007 WL 1040367 (D.N.D. Apr. 3, 2007)

Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., 440 F.3d 992 (8th Cir. 2006)

Buschkoetter v. Johanns, No. 8:05CV115, 2006 WL 1479165 (D.Neb. May 24, 2006)

Faimon v. Farmers Crop Ins. Alliance, Inc., No. 8:05CV382, 2006 WL 463856 (D.Neb. Feb. 24, 2006)

Rain & Hail Ins. Serv., Inc. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., 426 F.3d 976 (8th Cir. 2005) (reinsurance)

Kroeplin Farms Gen. P'ship v. Heartland Crop Ins., Inc., 430 F.3d 906 (8th Cir. 2005) (right to indemnity)

Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp. & Risk Mgmt. Agency, 357 F.Supp. 2d 1140 (S.D. Iowa 2005) (exhaustion of remedies)

Alliance Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 384 F.3d 547 (8th Cir. 2004) (preemption of state law)

Nat'l Crop Ins. Serv., Inc. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., 351 F.3d 346 (8th Cir. 2003) (exhaustion of administrative remedies)

Am. Growers Ins. Co. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., No. Civ. 1:01-CV-10059, 2003 WL 1233073 (S.D. Iowa Mar. 3, 2003) (insurer seeking indemnification)

Alliance Ins. Co. v. Wilson, No. Civ. 02-2929(DWF/JSM), 2003 WL 21954795 (D. Minn. Aug. 12, 2003)

Alliance Ins. Co. v. Wilson, No. Civ.02-2929(DWF/JSM), 2003 WL 1906160 (D. Minn. Apr. 16, 2003) (preemption of state law)

Bullinger v. Trebas, 245 F.Supp. 2d 1060 (D.N.D. 2003) (preemption of state law)

Am. Growers Ins. Co. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., 210 F.Supp. 2d 1088 (S.D. Iowa 2002) (claim against FCIC; jurisdiction)

Agre v. Rain & Hail L.L.C., 196 F.Supp. 2d 905 (D. Minn. 2002) (preemption of state law)

In re 2000 Sugar Beet Crop Ins. Litig. (Sugar Beet I), 228 F.Supp. 2d 999 (D. Minn. 2002) (exhaustion of administrative remedies)

In re 2000 Sugar Beet Crop Ins. Litig. (Sugar Beet II), 228 F.Supp. 2d 992 (D. Minn. 2002)

Kuster v. Veneman, 226 F.Supp. 2d 1190 (D.N.D. 2002) (protected property interest)

NINTH CIRCUIT

Olsen v. U.S. ex rel. U.S. Dept. of Agric., No. CV-06-5020-FVS, 2008 WL 681847 (E.D. Wash. March 10, 2008) (privity of contract and arbitration)

In re Hat, 363 B.R. 123 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2007)

Conrad v. Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., No. CV-05-5117-FVS, 2006 WL 1582376 (E.D. Wash. June 5, 2006)

Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. v. Malavos, No. 1:04-CV-6016 OWW LJO, 2005 WL 1836916 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 3, 2005)

William J. Mouren Farming, Inc. v. Great Am. Ins. Co., No. CV F 05-0031 AWI LJO, 2005 WL 2064129 (E.D. Cal. Aug, 24, 2005)

Buchholz v. Rural Cmty. Ins. Co., 402 F.Supp. 2d 988 (W.D. Wis. 2005) (preemption)

Farmers Alliance Mut. Ins. Co. v. Poco, L.L.C., No. CV-05-5063-FVS, 2005 WL 2035516 (E.D. Wash. Aug. 23, 2005) (arbitration)

Farmers Crop Ins. Alliance, Inc. v. Poco, L.L.C., No. CV-05-5058-AAM, 2005 WL 1898476 (E.D. Wash. Aug. 5, 2005)

TENTH CIRCUIT

Sw. Nurseries, L.L.C. v. Florists Mut. Ins., Inc., 266 F.Supp. 2d 1253 (D. Colo. 2003)

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

Nobles v. Rural Cmty. Ins. Serv., Civil Action No. 1:00cv375-MHT, 2007 WL 1599091 (M.D. Ala. June 1, 2007)

Nobles v. Rural Cmty. Ins. Serv., 303 F.Supp. 2d 1292 (M.D. Ala. 2004) (preemption of state law)

D.C. CIRCUIT

Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., 517 F.Supp.2d 391 (D. D.C. 2007) (review of FCIC's regulations)

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

Acceptance Ins. Co. v. U.S., 503 F.3d 1328 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (regulatory taking by FCIC)

Texas Peanut Farmers v. U.S., 409 F.3d 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (jurisdiction)

Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. United States, 138 Fed. App'x 308 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (jurisdiction)

Tex. Peanut Farmers v. United States, 409 F.3d 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2005)

Rain & Hail Ins. Serv., Inc. v. Honor, 32 Fed. App'x 544 (Fed. Cir. 2002)

COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

Acceptance Ins. Co. v. United States, 72 Fed. Cl. 299 (Fed. Cl. 2006)

Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. United States, 60 Fed. Cl. 175 (Fed. Cl. 2004)

Tex. Peanut Farmers v. United States, 59 Fed. Cl. 70 (Fed. Cl. 2003) (jurisdiction)

U.S. TAX COURT

Nelson v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, 130 T.C. No. 5, 2008 WL 540331 (U.S. Tax Ct. 2008) (deferment of crop insurance proceeds)

JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

In re Peanut Crop Ins. Litig., 342 F.Supp. 2d 1353 (Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. 2004) (consolidation of cases)

ARKANSAS

IGF Ins. Co. v. Hat Creek P'ship, 76 S.W.3d 859 (Ark. 2002) (preemption of state law)

CALIFORNIA

Mt. Oso Fruit Co. v. Am. Agrisurance, Inc., No. C045656, 2004 WL 1932614 (Cal. App. Aug. 31, 2004)

Freitas v. Hamlin, No. F039701, 2003 WL 116172 (Cal. App. Jan. 14, 2003)

GEORGIA

Rain & Hail Ins. Serv., Inc. v. Vickery, 618 S.E.2d 111 (Ga. App. 2005) (adequacy of notice of denial)

Rain & Hail Ins. Serv., Inc. v. Vickery, 618 S.E.2d 111 (Ga. App. 2005) (Merrill doctrine)

IOWA

Holliday v. Rain & Hail L.L.C., 690 N.W.2d 59 (Iowa 2004) (action against insurance company)

Heaberlin Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins. Co., 641 N.W.2d 816 (Iowa 2002) (arbitration)

KENTUCKY

Dailey v. Am. Growers Ins., 103 S.W.3d 60 (Ky. 2003) (preemption of state law)

Dailey v. Am. Growers Ins., 103 S.W.3d 60 (Ky. 2003) (Merrill doctrine)

LOUISIANA

Hobbs v. IGF Ins. Co., 834 So. 2d 1069 (La. App. 2002) (preemption of state law; arbitration)

MASSACHUSETTS

ACE Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Comm'r of Revenue, 770 N.E.2d 980 (Mass. 2002) (preemption of state law)

MISSOURI

JBS Farms, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Agribusiness, Inc., 205 S.W.3d 910 (Mo. App. 2006)

TENNESSEE

Simms v. Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. E2005-00062-COA-R3-CV, 2005 WL 2604049 (Tenn. App. Oct. 14, 2005) (Merrill doctrine; waiver)