Airline Amends Complaint, Dropping Section 1581(i) Claim From Customs Row
NetJets Aviation, a commercial airline operator, filed an amended complaint on Aug. 11 at the Court of International Trade, dropping its claim under Section 1581(i) after the Department of Justice moved to partially dismiss the case. Following litigation on the…
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issue (see 2108110027), NJA simply moved forward and dropped the claim, succumbing to DOJ's view of the proper jurisdictional home for the case. Judge Claire Kelly also issued an order in the case reserving its decision on the jurisdiction questions in the case but extending the deadline for the U.S. to respond to the amended complaint until Aug. 31. The case is over whether NJA has to issue customs user fees to its passengers (NetJets Aviation, Inc. v. U.S., CIT #21-00142).