United States v. Hanover Insurance

18 Ct. Int'l Trade 1073, 869 F. Supp. 958, 18 C.I.T. 1073, 17 I.T.R.D. (BNA) 1063, 1994 Ct. Intl. Trade LEXIS 220

Opinion

JUDGMENT ORDER

DiCarlo, Chief Judge:

This action having been submitted for decision, and upon due deliberation, it hereby

Ordered that the defendant’s motion for civil contempt is denied; and it is further

Ordered that the United States Customs Service is enjoined from any and all present and future actions to impose administrative sanctions as a means to collect the unpaid antidumping duties which this Court held to be time-barred in United States v. The Hanover Ins. Co., Slip Op. 93-127 (July 9, 1993). The administrative sanctions covered by this order include: (1) issuance of instructions directing all District Directors and Regional Directors not to accept any merchandise covered under bonds written by Hanover; and (2) referring the matter to the Treasury Department to remove Hanover from the list of approved sureties; and it is further

Ordered that the United States Customs Service shall, within 45 days of the date of this Order, return to the defendant the sum of $42,274.00, which represents an offer-in-compromise made by the defendant and subsequently rejected by the Customs Service.