Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. United States

WATSON, Judge:

The Court is faced with a motion to intervene in this consolidated action. The action itself was brought by various importers and manufacturers of Japanese television receivers under 19 U.S.C. § 1516a to challenge the determination of the International Trade Commission (ITC) that an industry in the United States would be threatened with material injury if an antidumping order affecting television sets from Japan were to be modified or revoked. 1

The applicants for intervention are the Committee to Preserve American Color Television (COMPACT); the Imports Committee, Tube Division,…