Opinion ID: 627995
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Smith Corona's Appeal

Text: 23 Travelstead and Finkelstein were cases involving two parties, the government and a private petitioner. Their teachings touched on whether the government could return to the remanding court after a remand order that has instructed the government to reverse its initial decision or approach. Their teachings do not support the proposition that a private party may appeal an interlocutory remand order. Either Smith Corona or Brother can argue that an adverse ITA determination on remand is in error before the Court of International Trade and can appeal any adverse determination by the Court of International Trade after those proceedings. 24 Travelstead and Finkelstein together stand for the proposition that under certain circumstances a governmental entity, to which the case has been remanded for a new determination, may appeal from certain remand orders. The government may appeal, inter alia, if the remand order unquestionably terminates the action before the remanding court and extinguishes the government's ability to have an important regulatory or statutory issue reviewed because the government could not thereafter appeal from its own decision. However, Smith Corona cannot assert that it would be unable to appeal an adverse determination or that it would be unable to make certain arguments as an appellee at a later date. Because Brother petitioned for the investigations at issue, and because Smith Corona is a respondent in the investigations, their involvement in any future appeal from a final judgment is limited only by their own actions. See Badger-Powhatan, 808 F.2d at 825.