MARUBENI AMERICA CORP. v. U.S.

No. 93-1467.

35 F.3d 530 (1994)

MARUBENI AMERICA CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail T. Cumins, Sharretts, Paley, Carter & Blauvelt, P.C., New York City, argued, for plaintiff-appellee. With her on the brief, were Ned H. Marshak and Peter Jay Baskin.

Saul Davis, Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued, for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief, were Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, Joseph I. Liebman, Atty. in Charge, Intern. Trade Field Office, Carla Garcia-Benitez and Edith Sanchez Shea, Attorneys. Also on the brief, was Karen P. Binder, Office of the Asst. Chief Counsel, Intern. Trade Litigation, U.S. Customs Service, of counsel.

Wesley K. Caine and C. Dean McGrath, Jr., Stewart & Stewart, of Washington, DC, were on the brief, for amicus curiae, American Auto. Mfrs. Ass'n, Inc.

John B. Rehm and Munford Page Hall, II, Dorsey & Whitney, of Washington, DC, were on the brief, for amicus curiae, Ass'n of Intern. Auto. Mfrs. and Walter E. Huizenga, of Alexandria, VA, was on the brief, for amicus curiae, American Intern. Auto. Dealers Ass'n.

Before RICH, NEWMAN, and MAYER, Circuit Judges.


RICH, Circuit Judge.

The United States (the government) appeals the May 14, 1993, judgment of the Court of International Trade (CIT), No. 90-04-00210, 821 F.Supp. 1521, holding that 1989 and 1990, two door, two-wheel and four-wheel drive, Nissan1 Pathfinder (Pathfinder) vehicles are correctly classified under heading 8703.23.00 (8703) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as...

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