UNITED STATES v. GOLD MOUNTAIN COFFEE, LTD.

Court No. 84-4-00858.

597 F.Supp. 510 (1984)

The UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, v. GOLD MOUNTAIN COFFEE, LTD., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of International Trade.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Kevin C. Kennedy, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, New York City (Andrew P. Vance, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Galvin and Carl J. Laurino, Jr., New York City), for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

RESTANI, Judge.

Plaintiff filed a cause of action under 18 U.S.C. § 545 (1982) and § 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. § 1592 (1982), alleging that defendants improperly labeled coffee imported from Indonesia as coming from China. Plaintiff seeks both a penalty equal to the value of the improperly labeled coffee (alleged to be $4,961,673) and a forfeiture of the goods.

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