Trade-Related Court Cases Filed for Week of May 13-19

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 13-19:

Thirty-One Gifts, challenging CBP’s denial of its drawback claims for failure to respond to requests for additional information despite the claimant’s purported attempts to respond. #19-00061. Filed May 14.

NTSF Seafoods Joint Stock Company and Vinh Quang Fisheries Corporation, challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam covering entries in 2016-17. #19-00063. Filed May 14.

American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Berg Steel Pipe Corp., Berg Spiral Pipe Corp., Dura-Bond Industries, and Stupp Corporation, individually and as members of the American Line Pipe Producers Association; Greens Bayou Pipe Mill, LP; JSW Steel (USA) Inc.; Skyline Steel; Trinity Products LLC; and Welspun Tubular LLC, challenging the International Trade Commission's final injury determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on large diameter welded pipe from Greece, Korea, and Turkey. #19-00064. Filed May 17.

​Appeals of CIT Decisions

The following appeals of Court of International Trade decisions were filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the week of May 13-19.

Apple, appealing a March 11 CIT decision that its plastic Apple iPad 2 “Smart Cover” cases are classifiable in the tariff schedule as articles of plastic, not as accessories for automatic data processing machines (see 1903190017). #19-1869. Opened May 14.