717 F. Supp. 2d 1366 (2010) CLEARON CORPORATION and Occidental Chemical Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and Arch Chemicals, Inc. and Hebei Jiheng Chemical Co., Ltd., Defendant-Intervenors. Slip Op. 10-86. Court No. 08-00364. United States Court of International Trade. August 9, 2010. *1367 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC (Daniel J. Plaine, J. Christopher Wood, and Andrea F. Farr) for plaintiffs. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Jeanne E. Davidson,...
710 F. Supp. 2d 1359 (2010) BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC., Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, and Titan Tire Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and Xuzhou Xugong Tyres Co., Ltd., Defendant-Intervenor. Slip Op. 10-55. Court No. 08-00256. United States Court of International Trade. May 14, 2010. *1361 King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC (Joseph W. Dorn, Daniel L. Schneiderman, and J. Michael Taylor) for plaintiffs Bridgestone Americas, Inc. and Bridgestone Americas Tire...
704 F. Supp. 2d 1323 (2010) KYD, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bag Committee, Hilex Poly Co., LLC, and Superbag Corporation, Defendant-Intervenors. Slip Op. 10-50. Court No. 09-00034. United States Court of International Trade. May 6, 2010. Riggle & Craven (David J. Craven) for Plaintiff KYD, Inc. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, Patricia M. McCarthy, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil...
704 F. Supp. 2d 1315 (2010) HITACHI HOME ELECTRONICS (AMERICA), INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, United States Customs and Border Protection, and Rosa Hernandez, Port Director, United States Customs and Border Protection, (Otay Mesa) San Diego, California, Defendants. Slip Op. 10-46. Court No. 09-00191. United States Court of International Trade. April 30, 2010. Sidney N. Weiss; The Zisser Law Group (Steven B. Zisser), of counsel, for the plaintiff. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General;...
683 F. Supp. 2d 1335 (2010) BENQ AMERICA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant. Slip Op. 10-20. Court No. 05-00637. United States Court of International Trade. March 1, 2010. *1336 Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, L.L.P., Washington, DC (V. James Adduci II, Harvey B. Fox, Munford Page Hall, II, and Paul G. Hegland), for Plaintiff. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Barbara S. Williams, Attorney in Charge, International Trade Field Office, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil...
683 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (2010) AMERICAN FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS COMMITTEE FOR LEGAL TRADE and Vaughn-Bassett Furniture Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES et al., Defendants. Slip Op. 10-19. Court No. 10-00031. United States Court of International Trade. February 17, 2010. ORDER EVAN J. WALLACH, Judge. Upon consideration of Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminay [sic] Injunction, Plaintiffs' Motion *1335 for Expedited Declaratory Judgment or, in the Alternative,...
753 F. Supp. 2d 1297 (2010) TRUMPF MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Slip Op. 10-123. Court No. 07-00316. United States Court of International Trade. October 27, 2010. *1299 Simons & Wiskin, New York, NY (Philip Yale Simons and Jerry P. Wiskin), for Plaintiff. Tony West, Asst. Atty. Gen., Barbara S. Williams, Atty. in charge, Intern. Trade Field Office, U.S. Dept. of Justice, (Mikki Cottet), for Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER POGUE, Judge. This case concerns the...
675 F. Supp. 2d 1363 (2010) ANDAMAN SEAFOOD CO., LTD., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Slip Op. 10-12. Court No. 09-00091. United States Court of International Trade. February 2, 2010. *1364 White & Case LLP, Washington, DC (Walter J. Spak, Frank H. Morgan and Jay C. Campbell) for the Plaintiffs. Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Jeanne E. Davidson, Director; Patricia M. McCarthy, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of...
OPINION WALLACH, Judge: I INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Horizon Lines, LLC ("Plaintiff) challenges a determination by U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("Customs") that certain coatings work performed on Plaintiff's vessel is subject to a 50 percent ad valorem duty as a foreign repair under 19 U.S.C. 1466(a). Jurisdiction is available under 28 U.S.C. 1581(a). Defendant United States ("Defendant") has moved for summary judgment. See Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment ("Defendant's...
OPINION AND ORDER TIMOTHY C. STANCEU, Judge. Plaintiffs NTN Corporation, NTN Bearing Corporation of America, NTN-Bower Corporation, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, NTN-BCA Corporation, and NTN Driveshaft, Inc. (collectively, "NTN") contest the final determination ("Final Results") issued by the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce" or the "Department"), in periodic administrative reviews of antidumping duty orders on imports of ball...
OPINION & ORDER CARMAN, Judge. Plaintiffs China First Pencil Company, Ltd., Shanghai Three Star Stationery Industry Company, Ltd., and Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade Corporation, (collectively, the "China First Plaintiffs"), and Consolidated Plaintiff Shangdong Rongxin Import & Export Company, Ltd., ("Rongxin") challenge the final determination of the United States Department of Commerce ("Commerce" or "the agency") in the 2006-2007 administrative review of the...
OPINION RIDGWAY, Judge. The Government commenced this action to collect $120,000 in liquidated damages, plus interest, from Defendant Pressman-Gutman Co., Inc., or, in the alternative, from Pressman-Gutman's surety, Defendant American Motorists Insurance Company. See Plaintiff's Brief in Support of its Opposition to Defendants' Motions to Dismiss This Action ("Pl.'s Opposition to Motions to Dismiss") at 1, 4; Complaint 1, 5. The Government contends that Pressman-Gutman is liable for...
OPINION AND ORDER EATON, Judge. This matter is before the court on the motion of defendant the United States, on behalf of United States Customs and Border Protection ("CBP" or "Customs"), to dismiss the complaint of plaintiff Alden Leeds Inc. ("Alden Leeds") for (1) lack of subject-matter jurisdiction or (2) failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted. The question presented is whether the court may hear plaintiff's claim even though Alden Leeds failed to protest timely the...
OPINION CARMAN, Judge: Plaintiff Ford Motor Company ("Ford" or "Plaintiff") brought this action asking the Court to declare that ten entries ("Entries" or "Subject Entries") of Jaguar brand vehicles imported from the United Kingdom are deemed liquidated by operation of law, and that Ford is entitled to duty refunds on these entries from U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP"). (Second Amended Compl. for Declaratory And Injunctive Relief ("2d Am. Compl.") 1-2.) Defendants (collectively,...
OPINION WALLACH, Judge. I INTRODUCTION This matter comes before the court on the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Plaintiff Roche Vitamins, Inc. ("Roche") challenging the classification of merchandise by U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("Customs"). Jurisdiction exists pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1581(a). Because genuine issues of material fact affect the proper classification of Roche's imported merchandise, Roche's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED. II BACKGROUND A The Imported...
OPINION AND ORDER STANCEU, Judge: Plaintiffs NTN Corporation, NTN Bearing Corporation of America, NTN-Bower Corporation, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, NTN-BCA Corporation, and NTN Driveshaft, Inc. (collectively, "NTN") contest the final determination ("Final Results") issued by the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce" or the "Department"), in periodic administrative reviews of antidumping duty orders on imports of ball bearings and...
OPINION & ORDER CARMAN, Judge. In this case, Plaintiffs Fischer S.A. Comercio, Industria and Agricultura and Citrosuco North America, Inc. (collectively, "Plaintiffs" or "Fischer") challenged the final results of the first administrative review of an antidumping duty on Brazilian orange juice, Certain Orange Juice from Brazil, 73 Fed.Reg. 46,584 (Aug. 11, 2008) ("Final Results"). In an opinion dated April 6, 2010, this Court affirmed the Department of Commerce's ("Commerce") calculation...
OPINION & ORDER CARMAN, Judge. Plaintiffs Jiaxing Brother Fastener Co., Ltd. (also known as Jiaxing Brother Standard Parts Co., Ltd.) ("Jiaxing Brother"), IFI & Morgan Ltd. ("IFI"), and RMB Fasteners Ltd. ("RMB") (the three companies will be referred to collectively as the "Brother Companies" or "Plaintiffs") have brought this case to challenge the Department of Commerce's ("Commerce" or "the Department") final determination of sales at less than fair value in Certain Steel Threaded Rod...
OPINION RESTANI, Judge. This matter comes before the court following its decision in Qingdao Taifa Grp. Co. v. United States, 710 F.Supp.2d 1352 (CIT 2010) (" Taifa II "), in which the court remanded the Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand (Dep't Commerce Jan. 22, 2010) (Docket No. 100) (" First Remand Results ") on Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China; Final Results of 2005-2006 Administrative Review, 73 Fed.Reg. 43,684...
OPINION AND ORDER POGUE, Judge. In this action, producers/exporters Thai Plastic Bags Industries Co., Ltd., Apec Film Ltd., and Winner's Pack Co., Ltd. (collectively "TPBG" or Plaintiffs) challenge the cost calculation methodology used to determine their dumping margin in the final results of the U.S. Department of Commerce's ("Commerce" or "the Department") administrative review 1 of the antidumping duty ("AD") order on polyethylene retail carrier bags ("plastic bags") from Thailand. 2...
