Background
Shoals Technologies Group, LLC appealed from the U.S. International Trade Commission’s Investigation No. 337-TA-1365. Voltage LLC and Ningbo Voltage Smart Production Co. participated in the Federal Circuit proceeding as intervenors.
Shoals moved to voluntarily withdraw its appeal. The Commission did not oppose the motion, but the Voltage intervenors filed an opposition.
The Court’s Holding
In a nonprecedential per curiam order, the Federal Circuit granted Shoals’s motion to voluntarily withdraw the appeal.
The court dismissed the appeal and awarded costs to Voltage. The brief order did not address the merits of the underlying Commission investigation or explain the basis for the costs award.
Key Takeaways
- The Federal Circuit permitted Shoals to withdraw its appeal voluntarily.
- The appeal from ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-1365 was dismissed without a merits ruling.
- Despite Voltage’s opposition to the withdrawal motion, the court granted dismissal and awarded costs to Voltage.
Why It Matters
The order ends Shoals’s Federal Circuit appeal without appellate review of the Commission’s underlying decision. It also shows that voluntary dismissal may be accompanied by an award of costs to an intervenor, even when the agency does not oppose dismissal.