PRIMAL LITE, INC. v. U.S.

No. 98-1562.

182 F.3d 1362 (1999)

PRIMAL LITE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl D. Cammarata, Law Offices of George R. Tuttle, of San Francisco, California, argued for plaintiff-appellee.

Mikki Graves Walser, Attorney, Civil Division, International Trade Field Office, of New York, New York, argued for defendant-appellant. With her on the brief were David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, of Washington, DC; and Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney in Charge, International Trade Field Office, of New York, New York.

Before BRYSON, Circuit Judge, ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.


BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This customs classification case involves imported strands of electric lights that are packaged with decorative plastic covers. The Customs Service classified the light strands under subheading 9405.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). That subheading is termed "lighting sets of a kind used for Christmas trees." Appellee Primal Lite challenged the classification in the Court of International Trade. Primal Lite...

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