DEGUSSA CANADA LTD. v. U.S.

No. 95-1449.

87 F.3d 1301 (1996)

DEGUSSA CANADA LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

June 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus E. Jarman, Jr., Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, New York City, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was Alan Goggins.

Amy M. Rubin, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, International Trade Field Office, New York City, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, and Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney in Charge, International Trade Field Office.

Before ARCHER, Chief Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAYER, Circuit Judge.


FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Under 19 U.S.C. § 1520(c)(1) (1988), the Customs Service (Customs) "[n]otwithstanding [that] a valid protest was not filed," may reliquidate a previous entry to correct a "mistake of fact ... in any ... liquidation." The question is whether the Court of International Trade correctly held that the district director's unawareness when he liquidated certain entries that the classification of other entries of the same merchandise by...

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