HUB FLORAL CORP. v. UNITED STATES

C.D. 4669; Court No. 71-9-01092.

422 F.Supp. 283 (1976)

HUB FLORAL CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES.

United States Customs Court.

August 31, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doherty & Melahn, Boston, Mass. (William E. Melahn and Walter E. Doherty, Jr., Boston, Mass., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (Frank J. Desiderio and Edmund F. Schmidt, New York City, trial attys.), for defendant.


WATSON, Judge.

This case involves the classification of articles known as chenille stems, 12-inch lengths of flexible wire twisted around textile material in a manner which allows the textile fibers to protrude prominently, giving the article a fuzzy caterpillar-like appearance. The chenille stems were classified as parts of artificial flowers,1 a classification which in the terms of the tariff schedules general interpretive rules presupposes...

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