UNITED STATES v. BIEHL & CO.

Court No. 81-12-01626.

539 F.Supp. 1218 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. BIEHL & COMPANY, a Texas Corporation, and Trinity Universal Insurance Company, a Texas Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of International Trade.

May 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney in Charge, Intern. Trade Field Office, Commercial Litigation Branch, Robert H. White, New York City, on brief), for plaintiff.

Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Galveston, Tex. (Barbara A. Clark, Galveston, Tex., on brief), for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

NEWMAN, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This application poses an issue of novel impression concerning an aspect of the Court's expanded jurisdiction under the Customs Courts Act of 1980, viz: Does the Court of International Trade have jurisdiction over a lawsuit commenced by the United States for the recovery of tonnage duties and light money?

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