SIOUX HONEY ASS'N v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

Slip Op. 10-31. Court No. 09-00141.

700 F.Supp.2d 1330 (2010)

SIOUX HONEY ASSOCIATION, Adee Honey Farms, Monterey Mushrooms, Inc., The Garlic Company, and Beaucoup Crawfish, Inc., dba Riceland Crawfish, Inc. individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Hartford Insurance Company of Illinois, Hartford Insurance Company of The Midwest, Hartford Insurance Company of The Southeast, Aegis Security Insurance Company, American Contractors Indemnity Company, American Home Assurance Company, Great American Alliance Insurance Company, Great American Insurance Company, Great American Insurance Company of New York, International Fidelity Insurance Company, Lincoln General Insurance Company, Washington International Insurance Company, XL Specialty Insurance Company, United States Customs and Border Protection, Acting Customs Commissioner Jayson P. Ahern, United States Department Of Commerce, Secretary Of Commerce Gary F. Locke, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendants.

United States Court of International Trade.

March 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (John E. Heintz, Donna L. Wilson, Kathleen W. Cannon, Michael J. Coursey, Maria H. Kanemitsu, and Richard D. Milone), counsel for plaintiffs Sioux Honey Association, Adee Honey Farms, The Garlic Company, and Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. and co-counsel for plaintiff, Beaucoup Crawfish of Eunice, Inc., dba Riceland Crawfish, Inc.

Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, LLP (Will E. Leonard and John C. Steinberger), co-counsel for plaintiff, Beaucoup Crawfish of Eunice, Inc., dba Riceland Crawfish, Inc.

Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, Patricia M. McCarthy, Assistant Director, Franklin E. White, Jr., Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice (Michael J. Dierberg); Andrew G. Jones and Albert T. Kundrat, Office of Assistant Chief Counsel (Indianapolis), United States Customs and Border Protection, of counsel; Jonathan Zielinski, Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration, United States Department of Commerce, of counsel, for defendant, United States.

Sidley Austin, LLP (Neil R. Ellis, Lawrence R. Walders, Richard M. Belanger, Jennifer Lee H. McCandless, Jill Caiazzo, Carter G. Phillips, and Geoffrey D. Antell) for defendants Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, Hartford Insurance Company of Illinois, Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, and Hartford Insurance Company of the Southeast.

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA (San Francisco, California) (Thomas R. Ferguson) for defendants, Aegis Security Insurance Company and Lincoln General Insurance Company.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Herbert C. Shelley, Mark F. Horning, Mark A. Moran, and Susan R. Gihring) for defendants, American Contractors Indemnity Company, American Home Assurance Company, and XL Speciality Insurance Company.

Crowell & Moring, LLP (Theodore R. Posner and Alexander H. Schaefer) for defendants, Great American Alliance Insurance Company, Great American Insurance Company, and Great American Insurance Company of New York.

Wolff & Sampson PC, Roseland, NJ (Armen Shahinian and Adam P. Friedman) for defendant, International Fidelity Insurance Company.

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA (Miami, Florida) (Gilbert L. Sandler) co-counsel for defendant, Washington International Insurance Company.

Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, LLP, New York City (Barry R. Ostrager, Mary K. Vyskocil, and Michael J. Garvey) co-counsel for defendant, Washington International Insurance Company.

Before: Timothy C. Stanceu, Judge.


OPINION AND ORDER

STANCEU, Judge.

Plaintiffs Sioux Honey Association, Adee Honey Farms, Monterey Mushrooms, Inc., The Garlic Company, and Beaucoup Crawfish of Eunice, Inc., dba Riceland Crawfish, Inc. brought this action against the United States, alleging that numerous statutory and regulatory violations by the United States Department of Commerce ("Commerce") and United States Customs and Border Protection ("Customs") impaired antidumping duty collections...

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