GOVERNMENT OF CANADA v. UNITED STATES

Slip Op. 24-17 Consol. Court No. 23-00187.

686 F.Supp.3d 1320 (2024)

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, Government of Alberta, Government of Quebec, British Columbia Lumber Trade Council, Fontaine, Inc., Interfor Corporation, and Interfor Sales & Marketing, Ltd., Plaintiffs, and Canfor Corporation, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd., Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations, Tolko Industries, Ltd., Tolko Marketing & Sales, Ltd., Gilbert Smith Forest Products, Ltd., Resolute FP Canada, Inc., the Conseil de l'Industrie Forestiere Du Québec, and the Ontario Forest Industries Association, Consolidated Plaintiffs, and Canfor Corporation, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd., Government of Ontario, Carrier Forest Products, Ltd., Carrier Lumber, Ltd., Olympic Industries, Inc., Olympic Industries, ULC, and West Fraser Mills, Ltd., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations and Sierra Pacific Industries, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States Court of International Trade.

February 15, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Parnes, Alan G. Kashdan, Joanne E. Osendarp, Lynn G. Kamarek, and Tyler J. Kimberly, Blank Rome, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff Government of Canada.

Lynn M. Fischer Fox, Archana Rao Vasa, and Gina M. Colarusso, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff Government of Alberta.

Nancy A. Noonan, ArentFox Schiff, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff Government of Québec.

Amy Lentz and Stephanie W. Wang, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff British Columbia Lumber Trade Council.

Mark Burton Lehnardt, Law Offices of David L. Simon, PLLC, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff Fontaine, Inc.

Diana Dimitriuc-Quaia, ArentFox Schiff, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs Interfor Corporation and Interfor Sales & Marketing, Ltd. and Proposed Plaintiff-Intervenor Chaleur Forest Products, L.P. Mario A. Torrico and Matthew M. Nolan also appeared.

Jay C. Campbell, White & Case, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Proposed Plaintiff-Intervenor J.D. Irving, Limited. Allison J. Gartner Kepkay and Walter J. Spak also appeared.

Rudi W. Planert, Brady W. Mills, Donald B. Cameron, Eugene Degnan, Jordan L. Fleischer, Julie C. Mendoza, Mary S. Hodgins, Nicholas C. Duffey, Ryan R. Migeed, and Stephen A. Morrison, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Consolidated Plaintiffs and Plaintiff-Intervenors Canfor Corporation, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., and Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd.

Henry D. Almond and Kang Woo Lee, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Consolidated Plaintiffs Tolko Industries, Ltd., Tolko Marketing & Sales, Ltd., and Gilbert Smith Forest Products, Ltd.

Elliot J. Feldman, Michael S. Snarr, Ronald J. Baumgarten, Jr., and Tung Anh Nguyen, Baker Hostetler, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Consolidated Plaintiffs Resolute FP Canada, Inc., the Conseil de l'Industrie Forestiere du Québec, and the Ontario Forest Industries Association.

Harold D. Kaplan and Jonathan T. Stoel, Hogan Lovells U.S., LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Intervenor Government of Ontario.

Jeffrey S. Grimson, Bryan P. Cenko, Evan P. Drake, Jill A. Cramer, Kristin H. Mowry, Ronalda G. Smith, Sarah M. Wyss, and Yixin (Cleo) Li, Mowry & Grimson, PLLC, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Intervenors Carrier Forest Products, Ltd., Carrier Lumber, Ltd., Olympic Industries, Inc., and Olympic Industries, ULC.

Donald Harrison and Ann C. Motto, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Intervenor West Fraser Mills, Ltd.

Rajib Pal, Sidley Austin, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Proposed Plaintiff-Intervenors Delco Forest Products, Ltd., Devon Lumber Co., Ltd., H.J. Crabbe & Sons, Ltd., Langevin Forest Products, Inc., Marwood, Ltd., North American Forest Products, Ltd., and Twin Rivers Paper Co., Inc.

Myles S. Getlan and Yohai Baisburd, Cassidy Levy Kent (USA), LLP of Washington, D.C., for Proposed Plaintiff-Intervenors AJ Forest Products, Ltd., ER Probyn Export, Limited, Rayonier A.M. Canada G.P., and Scierie Alexandre Lemay & Fils, Inc. James E. Ransdell, IV also appeared.

Stephen C. Tosini, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, of Washington, D.C., for Defendant United States. With him on the brief were Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Patricia M. McCarthy, Director, and Claudia Burke, Deputy Director. Of counsel on the brief was Elio Gonzalez, Attorney, Office of the Chief of Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Zachary J. Walker, Jessica M. Link, Andrew W. Kentz, Nathaniel Maandig Rickard, Whitney M. Rolig, and David A. Yocis, Picard, Kentz, & Rowe, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for Consolidated Plaintiff and Defendant-Intervenor Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations. Sophia J.C. Lin also appeared.

David J. Ross, Jeffrey I. Kessler, Stephanie E. Hartmann, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP, of Washington, D.C., and Kanzanira Thorington, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP, of New York, N.Y., for Defendant Intervenor Sierra Pacific Industries, including its subsidiary Seneca Sawmill Company.


OPINION AND ORDER

This case has wide implications for whether litigants will have standing to intervene as a matter of right at the U.S. Court of International Trade ("CIT"). The Court addresses several motions to intervene as of right filed by importers, producers, and exporters pursuant to USCIT...

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