ANCIENT COIN COLLECTORS GUILD, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; United States Department of State; Assistant Secretary of State, Education and Cultural Affairs, Defendants-Appellees.
American Committee for Cultural Policy; Ancient Coins for Education, Inc.; International Association of Dealers In Ancient Art; International Association of Professional Numismatists; Professional Numismatists Guild, Inc.; The American Numismatic Association, Amici Supporting Appellant.
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Argued: September 19, 2012.
Decided: October 22, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Peter Karl Tompa , Bailey & Ehrenberg, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Samantha Lee Chaifetz , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jason Ehrenberg , Bailey & Ehrenberg, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Beth S. Brinkmann , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Richard B. Rogers , Richard B. Rogers PLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for American Committee for Cultural Policy and International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art, Amici Supporting Appellant. Michael McCullough , Michael McCullough, LLC, Brooklyn, New York, for International Association of Professional Numismatists, The American Numismatic Association, and Ancient Coins for Education, Inc., Amici Supporting Appellant. Armen R. Vartian , Law Offices of Armen R. Vartian, Manhattan Beach, California, for Professional Numismatists Guild, Inc., Amicus Supporting Appellant.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge THACKER and Judge URBANSKI joined.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act ("CPIA"), 19 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2613, provides a mechanism by which foreign countries can request that the United States enact import restrictions on certain articles of cultural significance to prevent their looting and illegal sale. In challenging the seizure of coins that it attempted to import, the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (the "Guild") asks us to engage...
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