UNITED STATES v. McCLESKEY MILLS, INC.

No. 25966.

409 F.2d 1216 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. McCLESKEY MILLS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd M. Buford, U. S. Atty., Walker P. Johnson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William E. Smith, Americus, Ga., for appellee.

Before WISDOM and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The United States, as a creditor through the Farmers Home Administration, seeks to enforce a security interest in certain peanuts the debtor sold to McCleskey Mills. The United States asserts that the stakes in this case are not just peanuts, since the principal problem concerns the applicability of federal common law. McCleskey Mills asserts that Georgia law applies. We must decline the invitation to explore the fascinating region of federal...

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