Legal Opinion

Gerson Company v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided August 6, 2018No. 2018-1011PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O'Malley, Circuit Judge.

The Gerson Company appeals a decision of the United States Court of International Trade ("Trade Court") granting summary judgment in favor of the government. See Gerson Co. v. United States , 254 F.Supp.3d 1271 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2017). In that decision, the court classified Gerson's imported light-emitting diode ("LED") candles under subheading 9405.40.80 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS")-which covers certain *1234 "[l]amps ... not elsewhere specified or included"-rather than under subheading 8543.70.70-which covers "[e]lectrical machines and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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