Old Republic Insurance v. United States

Carman, Judge:

Defendant, pursuant to Rule 84 of the Rules of the United States Court of International Trade, has moved to suspend this action under a test case now pending before the Court, American Air Parcel Forwarding Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 83-7-00995 (Ct. Int’l Trade filed July 14, 1983). Plaintiff vigorously opposes the application, terming it an "unprecedented motion to involuntarily suspend [the] action.”1

The American Air Parcel (AAP) case is the latest in a melange of complex, protracted legal parrying which has resulted in numerous rulings from this Court.2 Both Old…