United States v. Mercantil Distribuidora, S. A.

The Government’s appeal in this case brings before us a retrial (or more realistically a reargument) of the issues decided by this court in The United States v. Mercantil Distribuidora, S. A., Joseph H. Brown, 43 C. C. P. A. (Customs) 111, C. A. D. 617, which we shall refer to for convenience as “the former case” or “CAD 617.” The record *21in that case was incorporated in the record in this case which involves three protests, consolidated for trial, suspended pending the outcome of the former case. The government being unwilling to stipulate these protests under the former decision of this…