U.S. Court of International Trade: Slip opinions for September 17-21 

September 24: The U.S. Court of International Trade posted and / or released the following opinions and actions for the week September 17-21, 2012. For an electronic version of text of the slip opinions, click on the direct hyperlink to the court’s website, as provided below:
  • CIBA VISION Corp. v. United States, Slip Op 12-118 (CIT September 19, 2012): Concerning classification of a polymer solution used to make daily disposable soft contact lenses, the court denied both the plaintiff’s and the government's cross-motions for summary judgment because there is a genuine dispute of material fact as to the definition of “polyvinyl alcohol” as that term is used in HTSUS.

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  • Baroque Timber Indus. (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op 12-119 (CIT September 19, 2012): In antidumping duty investigation of multilayered wood flooring from China, the court granted a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction when plaintiff's complaint was filed in advance of the Federal Register publication of the antidumping duty order.

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  • Home Meridian Int'l Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 12-120 (CIT September 19, 2012): In a consolidated action challenging the Commerce Department’s final results rendered in the fifth antidumping duty review of certain wooden bedroom furniture from the China, the court remanded Commerce's use of Philippine import data contemporaneous with the period of review instead of plaintiff's market economy purchases in order to value certain imports, and sustained the Commerce’s determination in all other aspects.

    Read the opinion [PDF 126 KB]


  • Legacy Classic Furniture, Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 12-121 (CIT September 19, 2012): Concerning a scope determination in an antidumping duty order in which the Commerce Department evaluated whether certain wooden bedroom furniture from China was within the scope of the order, the court remanded the case to Commerce.

    Read the opinion [PDF 146 KB]


  • Itochu Buildings Prods. v. United States, Slip Op. 12-122 (CIT September 19, 2012): In a case concerning an antidumping duty order issued by Commerce on certain steel nails from China, the court denied the plaintiff's motion for judgment to remand the Commerce Department's final results for a changed circumstances review.

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  • Hubbell Power Sys., Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 12-123 (CIT September 20, 2012): In an action concerning the first antidumping duty review of certain steel threaded rods from China, the court remanded the Commerce Department's final results.

    Read the opinion [PDF 49 KB]


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