United States v. I. Marco L. Laurenti, E. Giorgio L. Laurenti, Lindar Manufacturing Corp., Rockhill Cutlery Ltd., Rockwell Co.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

The Government appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, 1 from orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Griesa, Judge, dismissing an indictment on the ground of preindictment delay 2 and denying a motion for partial reargument. 3 The dismissal was not based on the Sixth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Speedy Trial Act, or the Southern District Plan for Prompt Disposition of Criminal Cases. Rather, it was grounded on the district court’s interpretation of 19 U.S.C. § 1604, 4 a provision of the Tariff Act of 1930. We hold…