Nippon Steel Corp. v. United States

Slip Op. 07-147
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
:
NIPPON STEEL CORP., KAWASAKI :
STEEL CORP., JFE STEEL CORP., :
THYSSENKRUP ACCIAI SPECIALI TERNI :
S.p.A, and ACCIAI SPECIALI TERNI :
(USA), INC., :
:
Plaintiffs, :
: Before: Richard K. Eaton,
v. : Judge
:
: Consol. Court No. 01-00103
:
UNITED STATES, :
:
Defendant, :
:
and :
:
ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORP., AK STEEL :
CORP., BUTLER ARMCO INDEPENDENT :
UNION, ZANESVILLE ARMCO :
INDEPENDENT UNION, and UNITED :
STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA, :
AFL-CIO/CLC, :
:
Deft.-Intervenors. :
:
JUDGMENT
Upon consideration of the United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit’s decision (“CAFC”) in Nippon Steel Corp. v.
United States International Trade Commission, 494 F.3d 1371(2007), and the CAFC mandate of September 17, 2007, reversing and
vacating this court’s decision in Nippon Steel Corp. v. United
States, 30 CIT __, 433 F. Supp. 2d 1336 (2006); holding that this
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court erred in concluding that the International Trade
Commission’s (“ITC”) second remand determination in Grain-
Oriented Silicon Electrical Steel From Italy and Japan, Invs.
Nos. 701-TA-355 and 731-TA-659-660 (Review) (Second Remand),
USITC Pub. 3680 (Mar. 2004) (“Second Remand Determination”) was
not supported by substantial evidence; and reversing and vacating
the ITC’s third remand determination in Grain-Oriented Silicon
Electrical Steel From Italy and Japan, Invs. Nos. 701-TA-355 and
731-TA-659-660 (Review) (Third Remand) USITC Pub. 3798 (September
13, 2005) (“Third Remand Determination”), it is hereby
ORDERED, in accordance with the CAFC mandate, that the ITC’s
Second Remand Determination is hereby SUSTAINED and its
affirmative material injury determination reinstated; and it is
further
ORDERED, that this action be, and hereby is, dismissed.
/s/Richard K. Eaton
Richard K. Eaton
Dated: October 10, 2007
New York, New York