TORRINGTON CO. v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 85-670.

764 F.2d 1563 (1985)

The TORRINGTON COMPANY, Appellee, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

June 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul Davis, Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, New York City, argued for appellant. With him on the brief were Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, Washington, D.C., and Joseph I. Liebman, Atty. in Charge, Intern. Trade Field Office, New York City.

Allan H. Kamnitz, Siegel, Mandell & Davidson, P.C., New York City, argued for appellee. With him on the brief was Michelle S. Benjamin, New York City.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge.


DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

The Government appeals from a decision of the United States Court of International Trade (CIT, Carman, J.), holding that certain industrial sewing-machine needles imported from Portugal by appellee (Torrington) are entitled to enter the United States duty free under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). 596 F.Supp. 1083 (1984). Agreeing that the imported articles meet the prerequisite for duty...

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