United States v. American Steel & Copper Plate Co.

The goods imported in this case are technically known as halftone screens. They were classified and returned for duty as articles not specially provided for, composed wholly or in chief value of glass, at 55 per centum ad valorem, under paragraph 218 of the Tariff Act of 1922. They were claimed to be dutiable, in the protest, at 20 per centum ad valorem, as parts of photographic cameras, under paragraph 1453 of said act, or, in the alternative, as manufactures of glass, not specially provided for, at 50 per centum ad valorem, under paragraph 230 of said act. The court below sustained the…