United States Eighth Circuit

Federal Crop Insurance Act does not preclude the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce from enforcing state regulatory standards designed to ensure that insurance companies handle policy holder claims in a reasonable manner.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/24/2004
• Published 09/24/2004

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before SMITH, HANSEN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• P. John Owen, argued, Overland Park, KS (Thomas H. Boyd, Minneapolis, MN, Jonathan S. Franklin and Lorane F. Herbert, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Catherine M. Powell, argued, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, MN (Karen D. Olsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.