Duty Free International, Inc., Ammex Warehouse Company, Inc., and Ammex Tax & Duty Free Shops, Inc. v. The United States, and Git-N-Go

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, which we refer to collectively as “Duty Free,” operate a duty-free store in upstate New York near the Canadian border. They are prosecuting this action in an effort to prevent a competing duty-free store from operating in the same area. The Customs Service decided that the second duty-free store, run by appellee Git-N-Go (GNG), was operating consistently with the governing statutes and regulations, and the Court of International Trade agreed. We affirm.

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Both Duty Free and GNG operate duty-free stores on the East Service Road of Interstate 87 in Champlain,…