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U.S. v. VALLEY STEEL PRODUCTS CO.

Court No. 88-08-00686.

729 F.Supp. 1356 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. VALLEY STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY and Valley Industries, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of International Trade.

January 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice (Platte B. Moring, III), Washington, D.C., of counsel: Kathleen L. Bucholtz, Asst. Regional Counsel, Chicago, Ill., U.S. Customs Service, for plaintiff.

Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake (Jim J. Shoemake and Kurt S. Odenwald), St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TSOUCALAS, Judge:

This case is before the Court on defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of double jeopardy. The complaint alleges defendants imported forty-three entries of steel products into the United States in violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1592 (1988), and seeks to recover maximum penalties allowed under the statute.

Defendants argue that in light of the punishment the defendants sustained in a prior criminal...

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