SIOUX HONEY ASS'N v. U.S.

Slip Op. 10-96. Court No. 09-00141.

722 F.Supp.2d 1342 (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. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Court of International Trade.

August 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP ( Paul C. Rosenthal , Donna L. Wilson , Kathleen W. Cannon , Michael J. Coursey , and Richard D. Milone ), Washington, DC, for plaintiffs Sioux Honey Association, Adee Honey Farms, The Garlic Company, and Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. and co-counsel for plaintiff Beaucoup Crawfish, Inc., dba Riceland Crawfish, Inc.

Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, LLP ( Will E. Leonard and John C. Steinberger ), Washington, DC, co-counsel for plaintiff Beaucoup Crawfish, 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 and L. Misha Preheim ); 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.


OPINION

STANCEU, Judge:

Plaintiffs Sioux Honey Association, Adee Honey Farms, Monterey Mushrooms, Inc., The Garlic Company, and Beaucoup Crawfish, Inc., dba Riceland Crawfish, Inc. (collectively, "plaintiffs") brought this action against the United States and against a large number of private parties ("Surety Defendants") engaged in the business of issuing customs bonds. Compl. ¶¶ 1-2. Plaintiffs, domestic producers of honey, mushrooms,...

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