NHA NHA v. UNITED STATES (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

TRI UNION FROZEN PRODUCTS, INC., DBA Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods, AKA Empress International Ltd., Mazzetta Company LLC, Ore-Cal Corporation, Quoc Viet Seaproducts Processing Trading and Import-Export Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, Bim Seafood, Cadovimex Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint-Stock Company, Cafatex Fishery Joint Stock Corporation, Camau Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export Corporation, Camau Seafood Processing and Service Joint-Stock Corporation, Can Tho Import Export Fishery Limited Company, Coastal Fisheries Development Corporation, C.P. Vietnam Corporation, Cuu Long Seaproducts Company, Danang Seaproducts Import Export Corporation, Hai Viet Corporation, Investment Commerce Fisheries Corporation, Kim Anh Co., Ltd., Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood Processing Joint-Stock Company, Minh Hai Joint-Stock Seafoods Processing Company, NHA Trang Fisheries Joint Stock Company, NHA Trang Seafoods, Phu Cuong Jostoco Seafood Corporation, Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock Company, Soc Trang Seafood Joint Stock Company, Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading Corporation, Thong Thuan Company Limited, Viet I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd., Vietnam Clean Seafood Corporation, Minh Phu Group, Utxi Aquatic Products Processing Corporation, Products Processing Company, Viet Hai Seafood Co., Ltd., Minh Hai Sea Products Import Export Company, Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES, Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee, Defendants-Appellees

2017-2523

Decided: November 07, 2018

(Dyk, Reyna, and Chen, Circuit Judges).

Robert Gosselink, Trade Pacific, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by Jonathan Freed. Kara Westercamp, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee United States. Also represented by Jeanne Davidson, Patricia M. McCarthy, Joseph H. Hunt; James Henry Ahrens, II, Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement & Compliance, United States Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Nathaniel Rickard, Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee.