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![handle is hein.usfed/cusbul0053 and id is 1 raw text is: Decisions of the United States
Court of International Trade
Slip Op. 06-166
NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE, INC., ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED
STATES BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, Defen-
dant.
Before: Timothy C. Stanceu, Judge
Court No. 05-00683
PUBLIC
OPINION
[Granting in part and denying in part plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction
relief]
Dated: November 13, 2006
Stepoe & Johnson LLP (Eric C, Ernerson, Gregory S AIcCue and Afichael A, Pass)
for plaintiffs.
Peter D, Keiser; Assistant Attorney General, DavidA I Cohen, Director, Parcia Alf
Vll7cCarthy. Assistant Director. Commercial Litigation Branch. Civil Division, United
States Department of Justice (Stephen C. Tosini; Cthi S. Choy, Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection, United States Department of Homeland Security of counsel,
for defendant.
Stanceu, Judge: Plaintiffs National Fisheries Institute, Inc.
(NFI), a non-profit trade association, and 27 of its members move,
pursuant to USCIT Rules 7 and 65, for an order entering a prelimi-
nary injunction against United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion (Customs or the Agency). Ps. 'Mot. for Prelim. 11g., attached
Order at 1; irst Am. Compl. Attach. 1. Plaintiffs are commercial im-
porters of seafood products, including shrimp products that are sub-
ject to six antidumping duty orders issued by the International
Trade Administration, United States Department of Commerce
(Commerce). First Am. Compi. at 1, 19-22. Plaintiffs seek a pre-
liminary injunction essentially to preclude Customs, during the pen-
dency of this case, from applying a particular Customs directive, as
amended in 2004 and clarified in 2005, when determining the suffi-
ciency of each plaintiff's basic importation and entry bond. See Pis.'](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.usfed/cusbul0053&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)