HOHENBERG BROS. CO. v. U.S.

Nos. 01-1460, 01-1461, 01-1462, 01-1463, 01-1464, 01-1465, 01-1466, 01-1467, 01-1468, 01-1469, 01-1470, 01-1471, 01-1472, 01-1473, 01-1474, 01-1475, 01-1476, 01-1477, 01-1478, 01-1479, 01-1480, 01-1481, 01-1482, 01-1483, 01-1484, 01-1485, 01-1486, 01-1487, 01-1488, 01-1489, 01-1490, 01-1491, 01-1492, 01-1493, 01-1494, 01-1495, 01-1496, 01-1497, 01-1498, 01-1499, 01-1500, 01-1501, 01-1502, 01-1503, 01-1504, 01-1505, 01-1506, 01-1507, 01-1508, 01-1509, 01-1510, 01-1511, 01-1512, 01-1513, 01-1514, 01-1515, 01-1516, 01-1517, 01-1518, 01-1519, 01-1520, 01-1521, 01-1522, 01-1523, 01-1524, 01-1525, 01-1526, 01-1527, 01-1528, 01-1529, 01-1530, 01-1531, 01-1532, 01-1533, 01-1534, 01-1535, 01-1536, 01-1537, 01-1538, 01-1539, 01-1540, 01-1541, 01-1542, 01-1543.

301 F.3d 1299 (2002)

HOHENBERG BROS. COMPANY, A.C. Monk and Company, Inc., The Austin Tobacco Company, Inc., Cargill Americas, Inc., Cargill Citro-America, Inc., Cargill Fertilizer, Inc., Cargill, Incorporated, Carolina Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., Dibrell Brothers, Inc., Excel Corporation, General Electric Company, K.R. Edwards Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., Maclin-Zimmer-McGill Tobacco Co., Inc., Monk-Austin International, Inc., Thorpe-Greenville Export Tobacco Co., Inc., T.S. Ragsdale Company, Inc., Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., U.S. Steel International, Inc., U.S. Steel Mining Co., Inc., USX Corporation, USX Engineers & Consultants, Inc., BASF Corporation, BASF Magnetics Corporation, AKZO Nobel Chemicals, Inc., Reynolds Metals Company, Zeneca Inc., ISK Biosciences Corporation, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, ADM/Growmark River Systems, Inc., Valley Grain Products, Inc., The Coleman Company, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Standard Commercial Tobacco Company, Inc., Carolina Trading Corporation, James I. Miller Tobacco Co., Inc., PMA Incorporated, The Tobacco Trading Corporation, W.A. Adams Company, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda Trading America Corporation, BP Chemicals, Inc., CBS Corporation, Continental Grain Company, Contiquincy Bunge, L.L.C., Tacoma Export Marketing Company, Farmland Industries, Inc., Farmland Foods, Inc., Farmland Hydro, L.P., Tradigrain, Inc., Tradigrain, S.A., Geneva, Lexmark International, Inc., McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Monsanto Company, Solar Turbines Incorporated, EEC International, Inc., ECCA Calcium Products, Inc., Koch Carbon, Inc., Koch Refining Company, Olin Corporation, Physics International Company, Sterling Chemicals, Inc., IMC Global Operations, Inc., IMC-Agrico Company, and International Multifoods Corporation., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: August 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Jarcho, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief were Peter Buck Feller and Joseph F. Dennin.

Jeffrey A. Belkin, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General; David M. Cohen, Director; Jeanne E. Davidson, Deputy Director; and Todd A. Hughes, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief was Richard K. McManus, Office of the Chief Counsel, United States Customs Service, of Washington, DC.

Before MAYER, Chief Judge, RADER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.


RADER, Circuit Judge.

In the context of refunds of the Harbor Maintenance Tax, the United States Court of International Trade denied Hohenberg Bros., Co.'s motion to amend the court's consent judgments. Because the Court of International Trade did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion, this court affirms.

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These consolidated cases involve the refund of the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) to certain exporters. The HMT, enacted as part of the...

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