ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC. v. U.S.

Slip Op. 06-83. Court No. 06-00048.

437 F.Supp.2d 1352 (2006)

ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC. and its Affiliates Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada, Produits Forestiers Petits Paris Inc., Produits Forestiers La Tuque Inc., Produits Forestiers Saguenay Inc., Societe en Commandite Opitciwan; and Canfor Corporation and its Affiliates Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd., Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., and Bois Daaquam Inc. (a/k/a Daaquam Lumber Inc.), Lakeland Mills Ltd., and Winton Global Lumber Ltd. (formerly The Pas Lumber Company Ltd.), Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Court of International Trade.

June 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC (Michael T. Shor) for Plaintiff Abitibi—Consolidated Inc. and its affiliates Abitibi— Consolidated Company of Canada, Produits Forestiers Petits Paris Inc., Produits Forestiers La Tuque Inc., Produits Forestiers Saguenay Inc., and Societe en Commandite Opitciwan.

Baker & McKenzie, LLP (Thomas Peele, Kevin M. O'Brien, and Kevin J. Sullivan) for Plaintiff Canfor Corporation and its affiliates Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd., Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., Bois Daaquam Inc. (a/k/a Daaquam Lumber Inc.), Lakeland Mills Ltd., and Winton Global Lumber Ltd. (formerly the Pas Lumber Company Ltd.).

Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC (W. George Grandison, Mark A. Moran, Matthew Frumin, and Daniel J. Calhoun) for Plaintiff—Intervenors British Columbia Lumber Trade Council, Coast Forest Products Association, and Council of Forest Industries.

Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr, LLP, Washington, DC (Robert C. Cassidy, Jr., John D. Greenwald, Jack A. Levy, and Tammy J. Horn) for Plaintiff— Intervenors the Quebec Lumber Manufacturers Association.

Baker & Hostetler, LLP (Elliot J. Feldman, Bryan J. Brown, and John Burke) for Plaintiff—Intervenors Ontario Forest Industries Association and Ontario Lumber Manufacturers Association.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Jeanne E. Davidson, Deputy Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, (Claudia Burke, Trial Attorney and Quentin M. Baird, Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce) for Defendant United States.

Dewey Ballantine, LLP (Bradford L. Ward and David A. Bentley) for Defendant—Intervenor Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Executive Committee.


OPINION

GORDON, Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs and plaintiff Intervenors challenge the United States Department of Commerce's ("Commerce") respondent selection determinations in the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order covering softwood lumber from Canada. Defendant and defendant-Intervenor move, pursuant to UCIT Rule 12(b)(1), to dismiss this action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. For the following reasons, the motion is...

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