Legal Opinion
United States v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 17, 2007No. 2006-1479PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
This is a waiver and issue preclusion case. The issues before us are whether the government was required to accept Ford Motor Company’s (“Ford”) waiver of a statute of limitations defense in order for the waiver to take effect and whether the government is barred by issue preclusion from pursuing its claims for civil penalties pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1592 for Ford’s alleged fraud. Because we find that the government’s claims are not barred by the statute of limitations in 19 U.S.C. § 1621 or by our decision in Ford IV, we vacate the Court of International Trade’s…
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