Legal Opinion

Container Store v. United States

United States Court of International Trade

Decided October 26, 2011No. Slip Op. 11-135. Court No. 05-00385PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RIDGWAY, Judge:

In this action, Plaintiff The Container Store (“Container Store”) challenges the decisions of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 1 denying Container Store’s protests of Customs’ classification of two items — specifically, “top tracks” and “hanging standards” — which are components of Container Store’s elfa® modular organization and storage system.

Container Store contends that elfa® top tracks and hanging standards are classifiable as “[o]ther furniture and parts thereof,” under heading 9403 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”) (and,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. United States v. Mead Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
  4. Christensen v. Harris CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Orlando Food Corp. v. StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Deckers Outdoor Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of International Trade · 2012
  2. The Container Store v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2017
  3. Container Store v. United StatesUnited States Court of International Trade · 2016
  4. Wilton Industries, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of International Trade · 2012

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