Legal Opinion

Celestaire, Inc. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided July 29, 1997No. 97-1005PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

Celestaire, Inc. (“Celestaire”) appeals the order of the United States Court of International Trade granting summary judgment to the United States in Celestaire’s challenge of the Customs Service’s classification of imported marine sextants as “optical navigational instruments” (Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States (“HTSUS”) subheading 9014.80.10), dutiable at 5.6% ad valorem, rather than as “other non-optical navigational instruments” (HTSUS subheading 9014.80.50), which are not subject to a tariff. CIT No. 93-02-00081. This appeal was submitted for our…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. South Corporation and Seal Fleet, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1982
  2. Engis Equipment Co. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1969
  3. In Re Michihiko Ochiai, Taiiti Okada, Osami Aki, Akira Morimoto, Kenji Kawakita, and Yoshihiro MatsushitaCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
  4. In Re William R. LuedersCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
  5. United States v. Ataka America, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1977

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