UNITED STATES CANE SUGAR REFINERS' ASS'N v. BLOCK

Court No. 82-5-00643.

544 F.Supp. 883 (1982)

UNITED STATES CANE SUGAR REFINERS' ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. John R. BLOCK, Secretary of Agriculture, Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, William E. Brock, United States Trade Representative, Defendants.

United States Court of International Trade.

June 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C. (Daniel Marcus (argued), Max O. Truitt, Jr., Daniel K. Mayers and William F. Marmon, Jr., Washington, D. C., on the briefs), for plaintiff.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch (argued), Velta A. Melnbrencis, Asst. Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, New York City, and James R. Walczak, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendants.

Italo H. Ablondi, P. C., Washington, D. C. (F. David Foster, Italo H. Ablondi and H. Henning Vent, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for amicus curiae U. S. Sugar Cane and Sugar Beet Producers and U. S. First Processors of Sugar.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEWMAN, Judge:

INTRODUCTION

We are faced in this complex case with legal issues having diverse economic consequences of national and global dimensions which demand an expeditious resolution by the Court.

On May 5, 1982 the President issued Proclamation 4941 (P.P. 4941) imposing import quotas on sugar (Appendix 1 hereto). By an action filed on May 11, 1982 for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, the...

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