Case: Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Ltd., SKF Sverige, AB, Fag Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, Fag Cuscinetti S.p.A., Fag (UK) Ltd., Barden Corp. (UK) Ltd., Fag Bearings Corp., Barden Precision Bearings Corp., RHP Bearings, RHP Bearings Inc., Peer Bearing Co., Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A., defendant-intervenors; Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF Sverige, AB, defendant-intervenors; Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF Industrie, S.p.A., defendant-intervenors; Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and NTN Bearing Corp. of America, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corp., NTN Corp., Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A., defendant-intervenors; Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF France S.A., defendant-intervenors; Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc., SKF GmbH, NTN Bearing Corp. of America, and NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH, defendant-intervenors; Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF (U.K.) Ltd., defendant-intervenors
Abbreviation: Federal-Mogul Corp. v. United States
Decision Date: 1992-11-05
Docket Number: Court No. 92-06-00422; Court No. 92-07-00506; Court No. 92-07-00507; Court No. 92-07-00508; Court No. 92-07-00509; Court No. 92-07-00518; Court No. 92-07-00519
Citation: 16 Ct. Int'l Trade 964
Volume: 16
Reporter: United States Court of International Trade Reports
Court: United States Court of International Trade
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Ltd., SKF Sverige, AB, Fag Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, Fag Cuscinetti S.p.A., Fag (UK) Ltd., Barden Corp. (UK) Ltd., Fag Bearings Corp., Barden Precision Bearings Corp., RHP Bearings, RHP Bearings Inc., Peer Bearing Co., Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF Sverige, AB, defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF Industrie, S.p.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and NTN Bearing Corp. of America, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corp., NTN Corp., Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF France S.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc., SKF GmbH, NTN Bearing Corp. of America, and NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH, defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF (U.K.) Ltd., defendant-intervenors
Judges: 
Pages: 964–967

Head Matter:
809 F. Supp. 102
Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Ltd., SKF Sverige, AB, Fag Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, Fag Cuscinetti S.p.A., Fag (UK) Ltd., Barden Corp. (UK) Ltd., Fag Bearings Corp., Barden Precision Bearings Corp., RHP Bearings, RHP Bearings Inc., Peer Bearing Co., Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF Sverige, AB, defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF Industrie, S.p.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and NTN Bearing Corp. of America, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corp., NTN Corp., Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF France S.A., defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc., SKF GmbH, NTN Bearing Corp. of America, and NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH, defendant-intervenors Federal-Mogul Corp., plaintiff, and Torrington Co., plaintiff-intervenor v. United States, defendant, and SKF USA Inc. and SKF (U.K.) Ltd., defendant-intervenors
Court No. 92-06-00422
Court No. 92-07-00506
Court No. 92-07-00507
Court No. 92-07-00508
Court No. 92-07-00509
Court No. 92-07-00518
Court No. 92-07-00519
(Dated November 5, 1992)
Frederick L. Ikenson, P.C. (Frederick L. Ikenson, J. EricNissley, Joseph A. Pema, V and Larry Hampel) for plaintiff Federal-Mogul Corporation.
Stewart and Stewart (Eugene L. Stewart, Terence P. Stewart, James R. Cannon, Jr., Wesley K. Caine, and Robert A. Weaver) for plaintiff-intervenor The Torrington Company.
Stuart M. Gerson, Assistant Attorney General; David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Marc E. Montalbine); of counsel: Stephen J. Claeys, CraigR. Giesze anADeanA. Pinkert, Attorney-Advisors, Office ofthe Chief Counsel for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, for defendant.
Howrey & Simon (Herbert C. Shelley, Alice A. Kipel, Juliana M. Cofrancesco and Thomas J. Trendl) for defendant-intervenors SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Limited and SKF Sverige, AB.
Covington & Burling (Harvey M. Applebaum and David R. Grace) for defendant-inter-venors RHP Bearings and RHP Bearings Inc.
Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti (JohnM. Gurley and Lindsay B. Meyer) for defendant-intervenor Peer Bearing Company.
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy (Peter O. Suchman, Neil R. Ellis and T. George Davis) for defendant-intervenors Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A.
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz & Silverman (Max F. Schutzman and Andrew B. Schroth) for defendant-intervenors FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, FAG Cus-cinetti SpA, FAG (UK) Limited, Barden Corporation (UK) Limited, FAG Bearings Corporation and Barden Precision Bearings Corporation.
Barnes, Richardson & Colburn {Robert E. Burke, Donald J. Unger, Kazumune V. Kano and Diane A. MacDonald) for defendant-intervenors NTN Bearing Corporation of America, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH and NTN Corporation.

Opinion:
Opinion
Tsoucalas, Judge:
Plaintiff, Federal-Mogul Corporation ("Federal-Mogul"), moves pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Rules of this Court to consolidate Court Nos. 92-06-00422, 92-07-00506, 92-07-00507, 92-07-00508, 92-07-00509, 92-07-00518 and 92-07-00519 under the name Federal-Mogul Corp. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 92-06-00422.
Federal-Mogul argues that consolidation of these cases is warranted because these cases challenge the Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration's ("ITA") final results in the second administrative review of imports of antifriction bearings from six of the nine countries subject to various antidumping duty orders. Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof From France; et. al; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews {"Final Results"), 57 Fed. Reg. 28,360 (1992). In this administrative review the ITA issued only one notice of the Final Results which covered all the countries and imports subject to the contested review. Id.
As a result, Federal-Mogul initially filed one case challenging the Final Results for the six countries for which Federal-Mogul wishes to obtain judicial review. In order to protect itself procedurally, Federal-Mogul also filed six separate actions covering the Final Results for each of the six countries for which Federal-Mogul has an interest in obtaining judicial review. Federal-Mogul now wishes to consolidate all seven cases.
The global action commenced by Federal-Mogul covering all six countries contains all of the allegations contained in the six separate country specific actions filed by Federal-Mogul. Plaintiff's Motion to Consolidate at 3-4.
Defendant-intervenors, FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schafer KGaA, FAG Cuscinetti SpA, FAG (UK) Limited, Barden Corporation (UK) Limited, FAG Bearings Corporation, Barden Precision Bearings Corporation, RHP Bearings and RHP Bearings Inc., SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., SKF GmbH, SKF Industrie, S.p.A., SKF (U.K.) Limited and SKF Sverige, AB, support Federal-Mogul's motion to consolidate these actions. Defendant-intervenors NTN Bearing Corporation of America, American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) GmbH, NTN Corporation, Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. and Koyo Corporation of U.S.A. have not responded to Federal-Mogul's motion to consolidate.
Defendant opposes Federal-Mogul's motion to consolidate. Defendant points out that it filed motions seeking leave of this Court to correct certain alleged ministerial errors in these and other actions challenging these Final Results on September 1, 1992. If the Court grants defendant's motion, some of the issues in these actions may be resolved and other issues may develop which may necessitate the filing of amended pleadings. Defendant's Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Consolidate at 2.
Plaintiff s motion is filed under Rule 42(a) of this Court which states:
When actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the court, it may order a joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in the actions; it may order all the actions consolidated under a consolidated complaint; and it may make such orders concerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delay.
The rule gives the court broad discretion to grant or deny consolidation. Manuli, USA, Inc. v. United States, 11 CIT 272, 277, 659 F. Supp. 244, 247 (1987).
This Court believes that judicial economy will be better served by denying Federal-Mogul's motion to consolidate at this time. The issues raised in defendant's motion for leave to correct ministerial errors in the challenged Final Results need to be resolved prior to any decision on whether to consolidate these cases and, if so, how best to consolidate them.
Therefore, this Court denies Federal-Mogul's motion for consolidation without prejudice. Federal-Mogul, and all other parties to these actions, may file a new motion to consolidate these actions after the ministerial errors issue has been resolved.