U.S. v. UPS CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERAGE, INC.

Slip op. 08-60. Court No. 04-00650.

558 F.Supp.2d 1331 (2008)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, v. UPS CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERAGE, INC., Defendant.

United States Court of International Trade.

May 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, Patricia M. McCarthy, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Melinda D. Hart, Courtney E. Sheehan, and Nancy Kim); Edward Greenwald, of counsel, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, for Plaintiff.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC (Terence J. Lynam, Lars-Erik A. Hjelm, and Tamir A. Soliman), for Defendant.


Post-Trial Opinion

CARMAN, Judge.

The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection ("Customs") initiated this action1 against Defendant, UPS Customhouse Brokerage, Inc. ("UPS") seeking to enforce monetary penalties of $75,000 for UPS's alleged violation of section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. § 1641 (2000) ("the broker statute").2

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