United States Fourth Circuit

In a coin dealer's suit against, inter alia, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Department of State, challenging the seizure of ancient Chinese and Cypriot coins that it attempted to import into the United States for violation of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA), judgment of the district court in favor of the defendants is affirmed where: 1) the CBP has listed the Chinese and Cypriot coins by type, in accordance with 19 U.S.C. section 2604, and CBP has detained them, in accordance with 19 U.S.C. section 2606, and as such, the detention was lawful and the plaintiff had an opportunity at the time of detention to present evidence that the coins were subject to one of CPIA exemptions; and 2) the governmental actions challenged in this case did not run afoul of any APA standards or otherwise transgree enacted law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/22/2012
• Published 10/22/2012

Judges

• Wilkinson

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

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