United States Second Circuit

In a suit for recovery of funds under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act from a PACA trustee, judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed over the trustee's arguments that: 1) he did not "dissipate" the PACA trust assets; and 2) the plaintiffs did not exhaust the company's corporate assets.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2006
• Decided 05/04/2007
• Published 05/04/2007

Judges

• MESKILL, Circuit Judge:, Before: MESKILL, CARDAMONE and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Louis W. Diess, III, McCarron & Diess, Washington, D.C., for Top Banana, LLC, Coosemans Specialties, Inc., Katzman Berry Corp., Katzman Produce, Inc., Robert Masha Sales, Inc. and Supreme Cuts, LLC., Leonard Kreinces, Kreinces & Rosenberg, Westbury, NY, for AFL Fresh & Frozen, Inc., E. Armata, Inc., B.T. Produce Co., Inc., D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of New York, Inc., Fierman Produce Exchange, Inc., Fruitco Corp., Hunts Point Tropical, Inc., J & J Produce, Nathel & Nathel, Inc., Morris Okun, Inc., Mike Siegel, Inc., Square Produce Co., Inc., Kleiman & Hochberg, Inc., Paul Steinberg Associates, Inc. and Redi Fresh Produce, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul T. Gentile, Gentile & Dickler, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants., Jeffrey M. Chebot, Whiteman, Bankes & Chebot, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Philadelphia Produce Credit Bureau, submitting on behalf of the Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees.