Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. v. United States

Opinion

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, n

V.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee,

AND

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, ~ Defendant-Appellee,

AND

AMERICAN FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS COMMITTEE FOR LEGAL TRADE, KINCAID FURNITURE CO., INC., L. & J.G. STICKLEY, INC., SANDBERG FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC., T. COPELAND AND SONS, INC., AND VAUGHAN-BASSETT FURNITURE COMPANY, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.

2012-1196

ASHLEY FURNITURE V. US 2

Appeal from the United States Court of International Trade in consolidated case n0. 07-CV-0323, Judge Timo- thy C. Stanceu.

ETHAN ALLEN GLOBAL, INC. AND ETHAN ALLEN OPERATIONS, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants,

V.

UNITED STATES AND UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, Defendants-Appellees,

AND

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee,

AND

KINCAID FURNITURE CO., INC., L. & J.G. STICKLEY, INC., SANDBERG FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC., T. COPELAND AND SONS, INC., AND VAUGHAN-BASSETT FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. Defendants-Appellees.

2012-1200

Appeal from the United States Court of Internati0na1 Trade in case n0. 08-CV-O3()2, Judge Timothy C. Stanceu.

ON MOTION

Before PROST, Circuit Judge. O R D E R

Furniture Brands International, Inc. moves for leave to file briefs amicus curiae in support of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. and Ethan Allen Global, Inc. and Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. in the above-captioned appeals The United States, the United States Customs and Bor- der Protection, and the United States International Trade C0mmission oppose. Other Defendants-Appellees do not respond. Plaintiffs-Appellants take no position

Upon consideration thereof, IT ls ORDERED THAT: -

The motions are granted.

FoR THE CoURT

/s/ Jan Horbaly Date J an Horbaly Clerk cc: Joseph W. Dorn, Esq.

Jeffrey S. Grimson, Esq.

Patrick V. Gallagher, Esq.

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C:Sasil,€,:::. Lev(:ri)slrll§]sqfq U.S.CUUHWJ .F0R David W. D@Bruin, Esq. “‘EFE°E“"" f f Nancy A. Noonan, Esq. AUG 0 l ZUlZ Herbert C. Shelley, Esq. _ JAN HMBALY

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