Case Name: HITACHI HOME ELECTRONICS (AMERICA), INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, United States Customs and Border Protection, and Rosa Hernandez, Port Director, United States Customs and Border Protection, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-30
Citations: 676 F.3d 1041
Docket Number: No. 2010-1345
Parties: HITACHI HOME ELECTRONICS (AMERICA), INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, United States Customs and Border Protection, and Rosa Hernandez, Port Director, United States Customs and Border Protection, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, BRYSON, LINN, DYK, PROST, MOORE, O’MALLEY, REYNA, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 676
Pages: 1041–1044

Head Matter:
HITACHI HOME ELECTRONICS (AMERICA), INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, United States Customs and Border Protection, and Rosa Hernandez, Port Director, United States Customs and Border Protection, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 2010-1345.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
March 30, 2012.
Sidney N. Weiss, of New York, New York, filed a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the petition was Steven B. Zisser, Zisser Customs Law Group, PC, of San Diego, California.
Justin R. Miller, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of New York, New York, filed a response to the petition for defendants-appellees. With him on the response were Barbara S. Williams, Attorney in Charge, International Trade Field Office; Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, and Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was Paula S. Smith, Office of Assistant Chief Counsel, International Trade Litigation, United States Customs and Border Protection, of New York, New York.
John M. Peterson, Neville Peterson LLP, of New York, New York, for amicus curiae American Association of Exporters and Importers. With him on the brief was Richard F. O’Neill.
Michael S. O’Rourke, Customs and International Trade Bar Association, of New York, New York, for amicus curiae Customs and International Trade Bar Association.
Before RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, BRYSON, LINN, DYK, PROST, MOORE, O’MALLEY, REYNA, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.
REYNA, Circuit Judge, with whom NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, joins, dissents from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
A combined petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc was filed by Plaintiff-Appellant, and a response thereto was invited by the court and filed by Defendants-Appellees.
The petition for panel rehearing was considered by the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter the petition for rehearing en banc, response, and briefs ami cus curiae were referred to the circuit judges who are authorized to request a poll of whether to rehear the appeal en banc. A poll was requested, taken, and failed.
Upon consideration thereof,
It Is Ordered That:
(1) The petition of Plaintiff-Appellant for panel rehearing is denied.
(2) The petition of Plaintiff-Appellant for rehearing en banc is denied.
(3) The mandate of the court will issue on April 6, 2012.