Legal Opinion
Libas Ltd. v. Carillo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 28, 2003No. 02-55723PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge.
We hold that an importer may not bring a Bivens action to recover consequential damages against Customs agents who assessed import duty at an incorrect rate. Bivens actions do not lie when Congress has created an alternative remedial scheme — such as exists for the protest of an erroneously assessed duty — even though the scheme does not permit the recovery of all elements of damage the importer claims to have suffered.
I. Background
In August 1994, Libas imported 32 bales of rolled cotton fabric from India. Using a new test designed by the Customs Service Laboratory in…
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