CIRCLE IMPORT-EXPORT CO. v. UNITED STATES

C.D. 4149; Protest Nos. 65/21394-80396, 65/21468-81954, and 65/21512-82820.

320 F.Supp. 1400 (1970)

CIRCLE IMPORT-EXPORT CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Customs Court, Third Division.

December 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stein & Shostak, Los Angeles, Cal. (S. Richard Shostak, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Carl Eardley, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian S. Goldstein and Andrew P. Vance, New York City, trial attorneys), for defendant.

Before RICHARDSON, LANDIS, and ROSENSTEIN, Judges.


LANDIS, Judge:

The merchandise in these three protests, consolidated for trial, consists of switch plates of the kind used to face up the opening of an electrical switch box and through which the on and off switch knob protrudes. The plates, made in Japan, are concededly decorative ceramic articles. (Exhibits 1, 2, 3, A, and B are representative samples of the imported switch plates.) Customs at Los Angeles, following what it perceived to be the legislative intent...

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