Legal Opinion
Daw Industries, Inc. v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 9, 1983No. Appeal 83-833PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Daw Industries (Daw) appeals the decision of the Court of International Trade (C.I.T.) 1 which upheld the classification of the imported merchandise as women’s wearing apparel, Items 382.78 and 382.-58, T.S.U.S., 2 instead of prosthetic articles, Item 709.57, T.S.U.S. We reverse.
I
The imported merchandise consists of two items — a nylon sheath worn on the stump of an amputee’s residual limb and a wool “sock” that fits over the sheath — which are used to improve the fit between an amputee’s residual limb and the socket of an artificial limb. While it is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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