COMMITTEE OVERSEEING ACTION v. UNITED STATES

2022-1021, 2022-1068, 2022-1078.

66 F.4th 968 (2023)

COMMITTEE OVERSEEING ACTION FOR LUMBER INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS, Plaintiff-Appellee Fontaine Inc., Government of Canada, Marcel Lauzon Inc., Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltee, North American Forest Products Ltd., Parent-Violette Gestion Ltee, Le Groupe Parent Ltee, Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc., Government of Quebec, Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc., Government of the Province of New Brunswick, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: April 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jy Cheh Sophia Lin , Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellee Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations. Also represented by Andrew William Kentz , Nathaniel Rickard , Whitney Marie Rolig , Zachary Walker , David Albert Yocis.

Mark B. Lehnardt , Law Offices of David L. Simon, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellants Fontaine Inc., Government of Canada, Government of Québec, Government of the Providence of New Brunswick.

Edward Lebow , Haynes & Boone, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants Marcel Lauzon Inc., Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltée, Le Groupe Parent Ltée, Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc., North American Forest Products Ltd., Parent-Violette Gestion Ltée, Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils, Inc. Marcel Lauzon Inc., Les Produits Forestiers D&G Ltée, also represented by Angela M. Oliver.

Joanne Osendarp , McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff-appellant Government of Canada. Also represented by Conor Gilligan , Lynn Kamarck , Alan Kashdan.

Richard Weiner , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants North American Forest Products Ltd., Parent-Violette Gestion Ltée, Le Groupe Parent Ltée. Also represented by Rajib Pal.

Yohai Baisburd , Cassidy Levy Kent (USA) LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils Inc. Also represented by James Edward Ransdell, IV , Jonathan M. Zielinski.

Nancy Noonan , ArentFox Schiff LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant Government of Québec. Also represented by Matthew Clark , Leah N. Scarpelli.

John Robert Magnus , TradeWins LLC, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant Mobilier Rustique (Beauce) Inc.

Stephan E. Becker , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant Government of the Province of New Brunswick. Also represented by Aaron Riave Hutman , Moushami Prabhakar Joshi .

Elizabeth Anne Speck , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-amicus curiae United States. Also represented by Brian M. Boynton , Claudia Burke , Patricia M. McCarthy ; Nikki Kalbing , Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement & Compliance, United States Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.

Before Dyk, Reyna, and Taranto, Circuit Judges.


The United States Department of Commerce initiated a countervailing duty investigation concerning imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada. Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 81 Fed. Reg. 93,897 (Dec. 22, 2016). Commerce individually investigated five...

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