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The following lawsuits were filed recently at the Court of International Trade:
The Court of International Trade on Jan. 6 granted importer Second Nature Designs' motion for a four-month extension to complete discovery in a customs case involving various different categories of decorative plant parts. Judge Lisa Wang ordered that fact discovery shall be completed by May 8 and that any motions regarding the "sufficiency of discovery" shall be filed by June 8 (Second Nature Designs v. United States, CIT # 17-00271).
Customs law firm Stein Shostak withdrew from its representation of importer Cozy Comfort Company in the company's lawsuit regarding the classification of its product, The Comfy, an oversized pullover. The case will continue to be litigated by Chris Duncan, a former Stein Shostak partner, who has moved to Squire Patton.
In a Jan. 5 reply, importer Scottsdale Tobacco disagreed that it hadn’t offered the necessary documentation to support a substitution of unused merchandise drawback for certain 2018 and 2019 entries -- it had done so in its motion for judgment, which was all it needed to do for an issue the Court of International Trade hears de novo, it said (Scottsdale Tobacco v. United States, CIT # 24-00022).
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The following lawsuits were filed recently at the Court of International Trade:
The Court of International Trade on Jan. 5 granted stipulated judgments in a trio of cases from importer Jing Mei Automotive (USA) regarding the company's entries of rear drive axle covers and front axle covers (Jing Mei Automotive (USA) v. United States, CIT #s 14-00281, 14-00060, 14-00003).
Plywood importer InterGlobal Forest, which is seeking a rehearing of its case challenging CBP’s finding that it evaded antidumping and countervailing duties on plywood from China, said Jan. 2 that the government’s response to its motion for reconsideration (see 2512150042) “ignores” its “substantive arguments that the Government is required to complete the administrative record” and “fails to refute IGF’s argument that there has been a manifest injustice in this case” (American Pacific Plywood v. United States, CIT Consol. # 20-03914).
The U.S. on Jan. 2 opposed three wildlife advocacy groups' bid to have the Court of International Trade compel the U.S. to comply with its settlement agreement with the groups by requiring the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to bar the importation of fish and fish products from all harvesting nations that don't meet Marine Mammal Protect Act (MMPA) standards (Natural Resources Defense Council v. Howard Lutnick, CIT # 24-00148).