428 F. Supp. 1094 (1976) PARKSMITH CORP. et al. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4678; Court Nos. 71-12-01923, 73-5-01231 and 73-12-03528. United States Customs Court. December 17, 1976. Serko & Simon, Jamaica, N.Y. (Gerald B. Horn, Jericho, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (Saul Davis, Trial Atty., New York City), for defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER WATSON, Judge: These actions, whose recent history has become a saga requiring a seventeen page...
424 F. Supp. 112 (1976) LANSING COMPANY, INC. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4675; Court No. 75-4-00876. United States Customs Court. November 30, 1976. *113 Weinstein, Myer, New & Berlin, Chicago, Ill. (Arthur E. Berlin, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (Jerry P. Wiskin, New York City, trial atty.), for defendant. LANDIS, Judge: In this civil action brought to recover drawback of duties, plaintiff complains that at all the customs administrative...
426 F. Supp. 556 (1976) AMELIOTEX, INC. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4673; Court No. 71-10-01429. United States Customs Court. November 19, 1976. Rode & Qualey, New York City (John S. Rode and Michael S. O'Rourke, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (John A. Gussow, New York City, trial atty.), for defendant. RE, Judge: The question presented in this case pertains to the proper classification, for customs duty purposes, of certain Sarlane...
425 F. Supp. 852 (1976) IMPERIAL PRODUCTS, INC. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4672, Court No. 72-11-02357. United States Customs Court. November 5, 1976. Stein & Shostak, Los Angeles, Cal. (Marjorie M. Shostak, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel) for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (Robert B. Silverman, New York City, trial atty.), for defendant. FORD, Judge. Pursuant to rule 8.2 of the rules of the court, plaintiff has moved for summary judgment. Defendant has filed opposition...
417 F. Supp. 1035 (1976) RUSS BERRIE & CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4659, Court No. 72-4-00796. United States Customs Court. June 24, 1976. *1036 Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, New York City (Joseph Schwartz and James Caffentzis, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (David A. Ast and Joseph R. Borich, New York City, trial attys.), for defendant. MALETZ, Judge: This case involves the proper classification of articles invoiced as "papier-...
416 F. Supp. 1242 (1976) PASCO TERMINALS, INC. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4658; Court No. 74-5-01357. United States Customs Court. June 21, 1976. Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C. (J. Alan Galbraith, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (Velta A. Melnbrencis, New York City, trial attorney), for defendant. MALETZ, Judge: Defendant has moved pursuant to rule 4.7(b)(1) and (2) to dismiss the present action for lack of...
412 F. Supp. 585 (1976) The ASHFLASH CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4643; Court Nos. 69/43133, etc. United States Customs Court. March 30, 1976. Joseph Winston, New York City, for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (John A. Gussow and Joseph R. Borich, New York City, trial attys.), for defendant. *586 NEWMAN, Judge: The issue in these 36 protests, consolidated pursuant to defendant's motion, concerns the proper tariff classification of certain "blinker lanterns",...
409 F. Supp. 764 (1976) The ENGLISHTOWN CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4642; Court No. 69/9811-44656-68. United States Customs Court. March 23, 1976. Allerton deC. Tompkins, New York City, for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (Robert B. Silverman, New York City, trial atty.), for defendant. Freeman, Meade, Wasserman, Sharfman & Schneider, New York City (Louis Schneider and Thomas G. Travis, New York City, of counsel), for Clairol, Inc., amicus curiae. OPINION ON...
408 F. Supp. 1392 (1976) W & J SLOANE, INC. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4636; Court Nos. 68/23087, etc. United States Customs Court. February 19, 1976. *1393 Rode & Qualey, New York City (Michael S. O'Rourke and Peter Jay Baskin, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (John N. Politis, New York City, trial atty.), for defendant. RE, Judge: The question presented in this case pertains to the proper classification, for customs duty purposes, of...
406 F. Supp. 810 (1976) VANCOR STEAMSHIP CORP. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4627, Court No. 69/6257-531. United States Customs Court. January 9, 1976. Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City (Robert W. Mullen, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff. *811 Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen. (John N. Politis, trial attorney, New York City), for defendant. MALETZ, Judge: This action involves the dutiable status of the forebody of a French tank vessel known as the Isanda. The forebody was towed across the Atlantic...
407 F. Supp. 748 (1976) Andrew AKINS v. UNITED STATES. C. D. 4629; Court No. 74-11-03228. United States Customs Court. January 26, 1976. David C. Crosby, Thomas N. Tureen and Barry A. Margolin, Calais, Me., for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Velta A. Melnbrencis, trial atty.), New York City, for defendant. OPINION ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BOE, Chief Judge: Plaintiff has moved for summary judgment under rule 8.2 of this court. Defendant, agreeing that no genuine issue of...
408 F. Supp. 1377 (1976) CANADIAN VINYL INDUSTRIES, INC. v. UNITED STATES. No. 73-5-01298. United States Customs Court. January 8, 1976. Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, New York City (James S. O'Kelly and Michael Stramiello, Jr., New York City, of counsel) for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (Steven P. Florsheim and Carol A. Calhoun, New York City, trial attys.), for defendant. WATSON, Judge: This case involves an importation composed of a glossy polyurethane "skin" on...
427 F. Supp. 402 (1976) KAROWARE, INC. v. UNITED STATES. C.D. 4681. United States Customs Court. December 23, 1976. *403 Shaw & Stedina, New York City (Charles P. Deem, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff. Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (John A. Gussow and Robert Masters, trial attys., New York City), for defendant. RE, Judge: The question presented in these four cases, consolidated for the purposes of trial, pertains to the proper classification, for customs *404 duty...
