United States v. Texas Instruments Inc.

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

The Government appeals from the judgment of the Customs Court, Texas Instruments, Inc. v. United States, 82 Cust.Ct. 287, C.D. 4811, 475 F.Supp. 1193 (1979), sustaining Texas Instruments’ classification protest relating to imported visible light emitting diode (VLED) display devices used as components in solid state digital watches. Judge Nils A. Boe held classification under item 685.70,1 “electrical indicator panels or electrical visual signalling apparatus,” to be proper. We affirm.

Background

The imported articles, entered from Taiwan in June 1976, are VLED display…