SCHMIDT PRITCHARD & CO. v. UNITED STATES

C. D. 2029; Protest No. 298220-K.

167 F.Supp. 272 (1958)

SCHMIDT PRITCHARD & CO., Mangano Cycles Co. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Customs Court, Second Division.

October 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, New York City (J. Bradley Colburn, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Richard E. FitzGibbon, Trial Atty.) New York City, for defendant.

Lamb & Lerch, New York City (David A. Golden and John G. Lerch, New York City, of counsel), as amicus curiæ.

Before LAWRENCE, RAO, and FORD, Judges.


LAWRENCE, Judge.

This cause of action presents a problem of far-reaching importance.

Plaintiffs challenge the legality of a proclamation of the President of the United States which modified the rate of duty upon certain imported bicycles. The case naturally has a direct impact not only upon our domestic economy, but upon international trade as well, to the extent that both are affected by the dutiable status of a commodity which is the subject of extensive...

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