In Re Altabon Foods, Inc.

998 F.2d 718 In re ALTABON FOODS, INC., a California Corporation, Debtor. COSSA & SONS, Appellant, v. TANI FARMS; Los Dos Valles Harvesting & Packing Co., Inc.; LCB Holding, Inc.; Martin A. Rechnitzer, Trustee; Fidelcore Business Credit Corp.; Aetna Life Insurance Company; George Griffith, Appellees. No. 91-56472. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 8, 1993. Decided July 12, 1993. William A. Anderson and Thomas S. Clark, Arrache, Clark & Potter, Bakersfield, CA, for appellant. Karl E. Block and Sandro F. Piedrahita, Robinson, Diamant, Brill & Klausner, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees. Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit. Before: BROWNING, TANG, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Cossa & Sons and its predecessor Cossa & Son grew hybrid broccoli and cauliflower and sold it to Altabon Foods for processing. Several of the contracts provided for payment periods of 45-60 days. After Altabon filed for bankruptcy, Cossa & Sons notified the Department of Agriculture of its intent to seek trust protection under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (the Act) for…