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A Proposal To Abolish The U.S. Court Of International Trade, Kevin C. Kennedy

Penn State International Law Review

In 1980 Congress enacted the Customs Courts Act of 1980, a law designed to "improve the Federal judicial machinery by clarifying and revising certain provisions of title 28, United States Code, relating to the judiciary and judicial review of international trade matters." Among the revisions enacted was the enlargement of the jurisdiction of the United States Customs Court, renamed the United States Court of International Trade ("CIT") over most actions involving import transactions into the United States. Born out of a legislative concern that litigants were bring frustrated in their attempts to obtain judicial review, the Customs Courts Act of …