GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

Customs Appeal No. 5468.

462 F.2d 1156 (1972)

GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

July 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Stewart, Lincoln & Stewart, Washington, D. C., attorneys of record, for appellant.

Charretts, Paley, Carter & Blauvelt, Louis Schneider, New York City, amicus curiae, of counsel.

Alan H. MacPherson, Palo Alto, Cal., Special Counsel to Electronic Industries Assn., amicus curiae.

L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew P. Vance, Chief, Customs Section, Robert Blanc, New York City, for the United States.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, ALMOND, BALDWIN and LANE, Judges.


RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision and judgment of the Customs Court, 326 F.Supp. 1393, 66 Cust.Ct. 367, C.D. 4216 (3rd Div.1971), overruling two protests, consolidated for trial, involving transistors imported from Taiwan and entered in May and June 1966. There is no dispute about the classification, which was under TSUS item 687.60 with duty at 12½% ad valorem. We reverse.

The sole issue on this appeal...

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