Legal Opinion
United States v. Gulla
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 30, 1993No. 92 Cr. 1236 (VLB)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.
I
This case involves alleged use of false documents in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 542 and 1001 to circumvent a retaliatory 100% duty imposed on imported tomatoes and other vegetable products to induce European nations to drop restrictions on hormone-containing meat products of the United States. An increase of duty from 13.6% to 100% on tomatoes but not tomato sauce was based on a Presidential finding, citing no sources, that hormone use was not harmful to human health. The legal background for this duty increase is discussed in my…
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