United States Federal Circuit

In an application for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) cash benefits by grape farmers, the U.S. Court of International Trade's affirmance of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) denial of the application is affirmed where: 1) the USDA correctly rejected petitioners' application for TAA cash benefits because they did not experience an "overall loss" in farm income between 2003 and 2004; and 2) even assuming that the USDA had any obligations to consider whether a TAA applicant's net farm income had declined when calculated on an accrual rather than a cash basis, petitioners did not submit the supporting documentation required by 7 C.F.R. section 1580.301(e)(6).

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2010
• Published 07/29/2010

Judges

• MAYER

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel P. Wendt, Matthew H. Solomson