Because the statutory text, circuit precedent, and deference to the Executive Branch in matters of national security and foreign affairs all support Commerce’s interpretation, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of FedEx’s complaint. Federal Express Corporation-commonly known as FedEx-challenges the Department of Commerce’s authority to hold it strictly liable for aiding and abetting violations of the 2018 Export Controls Act. Some violations of the 2018 Export Controls Act and its implementing regulations trigger liability only if the entity acts willfully or knowingly, but others are enforced on a strict liability basis. Penalties imposed by the Act apply not just to those who directly violate its terms, but also to those who “cause or aid, abet” violations. §§ 4801–4826), legislatively confirmed that authority and statutorily empowered the President and the Secretary of Commerce to control “the export, reexport, and in-country transfer” of restricted items, as well as the “activities of United States persons, wherever located, relating to specific” weapons and intelligence activities. MILLETT, Circuit Judge: The Department of Commerce has long regulated the export of items that have sensitive military, national security, intelligence, and foreign policy implications. 2 Circuit Judge HENDERSON concurs in the judgment. Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MILLETT. Before: HENDERSON and MILLETT, Circuit Judges, and SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, and Sharon Swingle, Attorney. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ET AL., APPELLEES Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 20-5337 FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, APPELLANT v. United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued NovemDecided JNo. Further, since FedEx has not shown that its asserted mens rea requirement for aiding and abetting liability was truly settled in the common law at the time the statute was promulgated, or that its common-law meaning fits within this specialized national-security scheme, FedEx’s argument does not come close to satisfying the strict standard for an ultra vires claim. Section 764.2(b), there is no basis for the court to hold that Commerce acted ultra vires in attaching that same strict-liability reach to the next two verbs. The court wrote that given that the DC circuit has already specifically held that Commerce can attach strict liability to the first term in the string of verbs “cause or aid, abet, counsel, command, induce, procure, permit, or approve” 15 C.F.R. Next, FedEx’s ultra vires argument runs into a second headwind-relevant circuit precedent. The court explained that the first barrier to FedEx’s ultra vires challenge is that Commerce’s interpretation of its regulation to allow for strict liability in civil enforcement actions does not contravene any clear statutory command. The court concluded that the statutory text, circuit precedent, and deference to the Executive Branch in matters of national security and foreign affairs all support Commerce’s interpretation. Section 764.2(b), and its strict-liability interpretation of it are not ultra vires. The DC Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of FedEx’s complaint, holding that Commerce’s regulation, 15 C.F.R. The hardware is based on the existing warehouse distributed platform with the below noted upgrades.Federal Express Corporation-commonly known as FedEx-challenged the Department of Commerce’s authority to hold it strictly liable for aiding and abetting violations of the 2018 Export Controls Act. High-volume and performance hardware is recommended for shippers processing between 40K and 100K shipments a day. Dedicated Cores (Virtual machines only) 2įor additional minimum requirements information, click here.Processor Quad Core Xeon E3 or E processor.This behavior is applicable for new installs or CD upgrades. Your system has not been modified." will be displayed and the the installer will be closed. Net Framework version is not present, then the installation will be aborted, and an error message " FedEx Ship Manager® Server requires that your system has the. Net Framework version is installed on the system. While installing FedEx Ship Manager Server (FSMS) software, the installer verifies if the applicable.
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