Senior Judge Richard Eaton’s pleas came in a Tuesday hearing where a high-ranking U.S. Customs and Border Protection official and two U.S. Department of Justice attorneys raised and then dashed the hopes of importers who successfully knocked back duty orders issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and are now seeking the $166 billion that was collected.
Senior Judge Richard Eaton’s pleas came in a Tuesday hearing where a high-ranking U.S. Customs and Border Protection official and two U.S. Department of Justice attorneys raised and then dashed the hopes of importers who successfully knocked back duty orders issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and are now seeking the $166 billion that was collected.

