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· 8/10/1990

United States v. General International Marketing Group

Citations

  • 742 F. Supp. 1173
  • 14 Ct. Int'l Trade 545
  • 14 C.I.T. 545
  • 1990 Ct. Intl. Trade LEXIS 342

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that, especially where statute of limitations has expired, plaintiff must exert “such efforts at service as are consistent with a recognition that 120 days may otherwise mark the death of the action”
  • finding no good cause in light of, inter alia, “the long period of time which [e]lapsed between the failure of mail service and the day when personal service was first attempted”
  • finding no good cause in light of, inter alia, “the lack of any further attempt in the eleven days remaining” in the 120-day period, following a brief failed attempt by professional process server
  • quoted with approval in United States v. World Commodities Equipment Corp., 32 CIT -, -, 2008 WL 748677 (2008)
  • “a fair standard of good cause is one which requires people to show behavior consistent with the recognition that a 120-day deadline exists.”

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Judges: Watson

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