Ford Seeks Appeal In $2.6M Export Tax Refund Feud

By Leigh Kamping-Carder

Law360, New York (March 01, 2010, 2:44 PM ET) -- In an effort to revisit a ruling that could affect similar cases, Ford Motor Co. has requested an interlocutory appeal in its challenge over $2.6 million in harbor maintenance taxes — deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court — that the U.S. government has refused to pay back.

In order to certify two questions to an appeals court, the automaker asked Judge Leo M. Gordon of the U.S. Court of International Trade on Friday to amend a January ruling finding Ford was not entitled to a...
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