TORRINGTON CO. v. U.S.

No. 91-1084.

938 F.2d 1278 (1991)

The TORRINGTON COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Fag Kugelfischer Georg Schaefer KGaA, Fag Cuscinetti, S.p.A. and Fag Bearings, Corp.; Kippon Seiko, K.K. and NSK Corp.; Caterpillar, Inc.; Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A.; Hoesch Rothe Erde Schmiedag AG and Rotek Inc.; and NTN Corp., NTN Bearing Corporation of America, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corp. and NTN Toyo Bearing Co., Ltd.; SKF USA, Inc., AB SKF, SKF GmbH and SKF Gleitlager GmbH, SKF France, RIV-SKF Industries, S.p.A., SKF Sverige AB and SKF (U.K.) Ltd.; ICSA Industria Cuscinneti S.p.A., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence P. Stewart, Stewart & Stewart, Washington, D.C., argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Eugene L. Stewart and James R. Cannon, Jr.

Frances Marshall, Office of the Gen. Counsel, U.S. Intern. Trade Com'n, Washington, D.C., argued for defendants-appellees, The U.S. With her on the brief were Stephen A. McLaughlin, Office of the Gen. Counsel and James A. Toupin, Asst. Gen. Counsel. Herbert C. Shelley, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., argued for defendants-appellees, SKF USA, et al. With him on the brief was Alice A. Kipel.

Louis S. Mastriani and Barbara A. Murphy, Adduci, Mastriani, Meeks & Schill, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenors-appellees, FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schaefer KGaA, FAG Cuscinetti SpA and FAG Bearings Corp.

Peter O. Suchman and Neil R. Ellis, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for defendants-appellees, Caterpillar, Inc.

Walter A. Smith, Jr., Lewis E. Leibowitz and David W. Phillips, Hogan and Hartson, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for defendants-appellees, Hoesch Rothe Erde Schmiedag AG and Rotek, Inc.

Donald J. Unger, Robert E. Burke, Brian F. Walsh and Jesse M. Gerson, Chicago, Ill., were on the brief for defendants-appellees, NTN Corp., NTN Bearing Corp. of America, American NTN Bearing Mfg. Corp. and NTN Toyo Bearing Co., Ltd.

Robert A. Lipstein and Nathan V. Holt, Coudert Brothers, Washington, D.C., represented defendants-appellees, Nippon Seiko.

Pierre F. De Ravel D'Esclapon and Thomas R. Trowbridge, III, New York City, represented defendants-appellees, ISCA Industries Cuscinetti S.p.A.

Before RICH, ARCHER, and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.


LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the September 11, 1990, judgment of the Court of International Trade which held that the International Trade Commission has the authority to determine which domestic products are "like products", even if the determination differs from the like product description in the petition to the Commission, and that the determination was supported by substantial evidence. Torrington Co. v. United States,

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