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Hanwha Q Cells USA Inc. v. ITC, No. 20-2115 (Fed. Cir. July 12, 2021)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 20-2115
Decided
July 12, 2021
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
3 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

HANWHA Q CELLS USA INC., HANWHA

SOLUTIONS CORPORATION,

Appellants

v.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION,

Appellee

LONGI GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.,

LONGI SOLAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., LONGI (H.K.) TRADINGCO., LTD., LONGI (KUCHING)

SDN. BHD., LONGI SOLAR TECHNOLOGY

(TAIZHOU) CO., LTD., LONGI SOLAR

TECHNOLOGY (ZHEJIANG) CO., LTD., LONGI

SOLAR TECHNOLOGY (HEFEI) CO., LTD., LONGI

SOLAR TECHNOLOGY (U.S.) INC., REC SOLAR

HOLDINGS AS, REC SOLAR PTE. LTD., REC

AMERICAS, LLC, JINKOSOLAR HOLDING CO.,

LTD., JINKOSOLAR (U.S), INC., JINKO SOLAR

(U.S.) INDUSTRIES INC., JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.,

ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD., JINKO

SOLAR TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD.

Intervenors

2020-2115

2Appeal from the United States International Trade Commission in Investigation No. 337-TA-1151.

JUDGMENT

SEAN S. PAK, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for appellants. Also represented by FELIPE CORREDOR; WILLIAM ADAMS, SEAN GLOTH, II, New York, NY; S. ALEX LASHER, Washington, DC; DONGKWAN JAMES PAK, KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN, Los Angeles, CA. CLINT A. GERDINE, Office of the General Counsel, United States International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by WAYNE W. HERRINGTON, SIDNEY A. ROSENZWEIG.

STEVEN J. HOROWITZ, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for all intervenors. Intervenors LONGi (H.K.) Trading Co., Ltd., LONGi (Kuching) Sdn. Bhd., LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology (Hefei) Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology (Taizhou) Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology (U.S.) Inc., LONGi Solar Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd. also represented by LEIF E. PETERSON, II, THOMAS D. REIN; MICHAEL R. FRANZINGER, Washington, DC; SAMUEL N. TIU, Los Angeles, CA. JAMES R. BARNEY, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenors REC Americas, LLC, REC Solar Holdings AS, REC Solar Pte. Ltd. Also represented by MAREESA ARNITA FREDERICK, ANTHONY A. HARTMANN; GARY MA, Palo Alto, CA. ROBERT COURTNEY, Fish & Richardson P.C., Minneapolis, MN, for intervenors Jinko Solar (U.S.) Industries Inc.,

3Jinko Solar Co., Ltd., Jinko Solar Technology Sdn. Bhd., JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc., JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. Also represented by JOSEPH V. COLAIANNI, JR., LINHONG ZHANG, Washington, DC.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 12, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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