Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Siegel, Mandell & Davidson, P.C., New York City (Brian S. Goldstein, Steven S. Weiser, Laurence M. Friedman and Paul A. Horowitz), for plaintiff.
Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, Jeanne E. Davidson, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice (John K. Lapiana), Richard McManus, Office of the Chief Counsel, United States Customs Service, and Martin Cohen, Office of the General Counsel, United States Army Corps of Engineers, of counsel, Washington, DC, for defendant.
Baker & McKenzie, Washington, DC (William D. Outman, II, Thomas P. Ondeck and Kevin M. O'Brien) for Brown-Forman Corporation, Fisher Controls International Co., Hewlett-Packard Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corporation and Seagate Technology Corporation, amici curiae.
Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, Chicago, IL (Robert E. Burke, Matthew E. McGrath, Christopher E. Pey, Mark T. Wasden and Cindy H. Chan), for Polaroid Corporation and Amoco Chemical Company, amici curiae.
Coudert Brothers, New York City (Steven H. Becker, Charles H. Critchlow and Claire R. Kelly), for Texaco Refining and Marketing Inc., American Natural Soda Ash Corp., United Export Corp., ABRO Industries, GSI Exim America, Inc., Vitol S.A., Inc., M-C International D/B/A McLane Group International L.P., Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., Dorland Management, Inc., FAI Trading Co., Star Enterprises, Inc., Vista Chemical Co., Champion International Corp., Champion Export Corp. and ISP Technologies, Inc., amici curiae.
Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC (Barry E. Cohen and Mark Tesone), for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., amicus curiae.
DeKieffer, Dibble & Horgan, Washington, DC (J. Kevin Horgan), for Armstrong World Industries, Inc., amicus curiae.
Dorsey & Whitney P.L.L.P., Washington, DC (John B. Rehm and Munford Page Hall, II) for New Holland North America, Inc., amicus curiae.
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz & Silverman, New York City, (Steven P. Florsheim and Erik D. Smithweiss), for Boise Cascade Corporation, Etonic Inc., Germain-Webber Lumber Co., Inc., International Veneer Co., Mondial International Corp. and The Heil Co., amici curiae.
Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL (Mark S. Zolno, Lynn S. Baker, Kirk T. Hartley and Michael E. Roll), for Baxter Healthcare Corporation, The Nutrasweet Company and Nestlé U.S.A., Inc., amici curiae.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P., Washington, DC (Melvin S. Schwechter, John C. Cleary and Wendy L. Klunk), for Aluminum Company of America, Alcoa International, S.A., Alcoa Inter-America, Inc., Alcoa Memory Products, Inc., H-C Industries, Inc. and The Stolle Corporation, amici curiae.
Irving A. Mandel, Miami Beach, FL, Jeffrey H. Pfeffer, Plainview, NY, Steven R. Sosnov, Norristown, PA, and Thomas J. Kovarcik, New York City, of counsel, for Allied Textiles Sales Company, Sheftel International Inc., Fab-Tech Inc., Sirex, Ltd., Debois Textiles, Inc., Capital Textiles, Inc., M. Kopepel Company, Dumont Export Corporation, United Overseas Corporation, Regent Corporation and Muran Universal, Inc., amici curiae.
McKenna & Cuneo, Washington, DC (Peter Buck Feller, Joseph F. Dennin, Michael K. Tomenga, Lawrence J. Bogard and Brian O'Shea), for Swisher International, Inc., amicus curiae.
Neville, Peterson & Williams, New York City, (John M. Peterson, George W. Thompson, Peter J. Allen and James A. Marino), for Aris-Isotoner, Inc., Berwick Industries, Inc., Chevron Chemical Company, Inc., Chevron Chemical International Sales, Inc., Chevron International Oil Company, Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc., Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Fieldston Clothes, Inc., General Glass International Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, The Pillsbury Company, Rhone-Poulenc Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Company Inc., Xerox Corporation, Xerox Corporation, Americas Operations Division, Xerox Corporation, Southern California Manufacturing Operations Division and Xerox International Partners, amici curiae.
Rode & Qualey, New York City, Patrick D. Gill and John S. Rode, of counsel, of General Chemical Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation of America, Newell International, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Siemens Power Corp., Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc., Siemens Solar Industries and Unisys Corporation, amici curiae.
Before DiCARLO, Chief Judge and RESTANI and MUSGRAVE, JJ.
