CHANGZHOU HAWD FLOORING CO., LTD. v. U.S.

Slip Op. 14-81. Court No. 12-00020.

999 F.Supp.2d 1330 (2014)

CHANGZHOU HAWD FLOORING CO., LTD., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Court of International Trade.

July 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Menegaz , J. Kevin Horgan , and John J. Kenkel , deKieffer & Horgan, PLLC, of Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Kristin H. Mowry , Jeffrey S. Grimson , Jill A. Cramer , Sarah M. Wyss , and Daniel R. Wilson , Mowry & Grimson, PLLC, of Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Intervenor Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Ltd.

H. Deen Kaplan , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, of Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Intervenor Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.

Mark R. Ludwikowski , Arthur K. Purcell , Michelle L. Mejia , and Kristen Smith , Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA, of Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Intervenors Lumber Liquidators Services, LLC, and Home Legend, LLC.

Ronald M. Wisla and Lizabeth R. Levinson , Kutak Rock, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Movants Metropolitan Hardwood Floors, Inc., Baishan Huafeng Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Dalian Dajen Wood Co., Ltd., Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd., Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Hongyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Wanrong Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Fusong Jinlong Wooden Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Panyu Southern Star Co., Ltd., HaiLin LinJing Wooden Products, Ltd., Hangzhou Hanje Tec Co., Ltd., Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd., Huzhou Chenghang Wood Co., Ltd., Huzhou Fulinmen Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd., Huzhou Fuma Wood Bus. Co., Ltd., Jianfeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group Co., Ltd., Kemian Wood Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., MuDanJiang Bosen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd., Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shenlin Corporation, Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd., Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd., Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd., Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Dadongwu GreenHome Wood Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.

Alexander V. Sverdlov , Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for Defendant. Appearing with him were Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson , Director, and Claudia Burke , Assistant Director. Of counsel was Shana Hofstetter , Attorney, International Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, of Washington, DC.

Jeffrey S. Levin , Levin Trade Law, P.C., of Bethesda, MD, for the Defendant-Intervenor.


OPINION AND MEMORANDUM

POGUE, Senior Judge.

The motion before the court comes from numerous exporters of multilayered wood flooring manufactured in the People's Republic of China ("Movants"),1 who seek Plaintiff-Intervenor status in Changzhou Hawd Flooring, Co. v. United States, Court Number 12-00020, pursuant to USCIT Rules 7(b) and 24(a)(3). Mot. to Intervene at 1. Defendant, the United States, and Defendant-Intervenor...

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