AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

C. D. 3573; Protest Nos. 64/19377-14606.

290 F.Supp. 778 (1968)

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Customs Court Second Division.

September 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schwartz & Lidstrom, Chicago, Ill., (Earl R. Lidstrom and Joseph Schwartz, Chicago, Ill., of counsel) for plaintiff.

Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Harold L. Grossman and Alfred A. Taylor, Jr., New York City, trial attorneys), for defendant.

Before RAO, Chief Judge, and FORD, Judge.


RAO, Chief Judge:

Upon importation from Spain through the port of Chicago, Illinois, certain wrought iron chandeliers included in the entries covered by the instant protest were classified by the customs authorities as other illuminating articles and parts thereof, of base metal, under item 653.40 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, and were assessed with duty at the rate of 19 per centum ad valorem.

Plaintiff duly contested said classification and...

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