David E. Schwab & Co. v. United States

Ford, Judge:

The suits listed above challenge the action of the collector in classifying certain imported merchandise as lace wearing apparel and assessing duty thereon at the rates of 45 per centum ad valorem or 42% per centum ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 1529(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as modified by the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 86 Treas. Dec. 121, T.D. 52739, or the Sixth Protocol of Supplementary Concessions to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 91 Treas. Dec. 150, T.D. 54108, depending upon the date of entry.

Plaintiff…