GREG ORCHARDS & PRODUCE, INC. v. RONCONE

No. 98-2501.

180 F.3d 888 (1999)

GREG ORCHARDS & PRODUCE, INC., Plantation Produce Company, and Tom Lange Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Edwin P. RONCONE, Paul Roncone, Alan Roncone, and Austin J. Merkel Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence H. Meuers (argued), Meuers, Dressler & Kerr, LLP, Naples, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Gary L. Starkman (argued), Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before BAUER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a district court decision holding that produce suppliers Greg Orchards & Produce, Inc. ("Greg"), Plantation Produce Company ("Plantation"), and Tom Lange Company, Inc. ("Lange") were qualified for coverage under a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ("PACA") trust held by Austin J. Merkel Company, Inc. ("Merkel"). Merkel and its officers argue that the suppliers became disqualified from coverage under the trust when...

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