United States Federal Circuit

Plaintiff seeking refunds of duties on imported merchandise which were latently defective and worthless was not required to not link the defects in the merchandise to particular entries covering the merchandise.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2001
• Published 01/23/2001

Judges

• FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before RADER, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Kovarcik, of New York, NY, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Aimee Lee, Attorney, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, of New York, NY, for defendant-appellee.   With her on the brief were David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, of Washington, DC;  and Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney in Charge, International Trade Field Office, of New York, NY. Of counsel on the brief was Chi S. Choy, Attorney, Office of Assistant Chief Counsel, International Trade Litigation, United States Customs Service, of New York, NY.