Middle Mountain Land and Produce Inc Pleasant Valley Potato Inc v. Sound Commodities Inc Robert J. Brack v. J.R. Simplot Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Grant Courtney, Receiver-Appellee

307 F.3d 1220 MIDDLE MOUNTAIN LAND AND PRODUCE INC; Pleasant Valley Potato Inc, Plaintiffs, v. SOUND COMMODITIES INC; Robert J. Brack, Defendants-Appellees, v. J.R. Simplot Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. Grant Courtney, Receiver-Appellee. No. 01-35471. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted September 13, 2002. * Filed October 17, 2002. Michael J. Keaton and David M. Bagdade, Keaton & Associates, Glen Ellyn, IL; Ronald J. Trompeter and David C. Tingstad, Beresford, Booth, Demaray, & Trompeter, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-intervenor-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; John L. Weinberg, Magistrate Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-01325-JLW. Before HILL, ** GOULD and BERZON, Circuit Judges. OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge. 1 Appellant J.R. Simplot Company ("Simplot") appeals the district court's denial of its interest and attorneys' fees claims against Sound Commodities ("Sound"). We consider whether the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ("PACA"), 7 U.S.C. § 499e(c)(2), as amended (2000 & Supp.2002), supports a contractual right to attorneys' fees and interest as part of a…