Riekes Crisa Corp. v. United States

Re, Chief Judge:

The question presented in this case pertains to the proper classification, for customs duty purposes, of certain glass articles imported from Mexico. The case is a consolidation of five separate civil actions brought to contest the tariff classifications of seven types of glassware, or glass articles, described by plaintiff as “glass lids,” “glass domes,” “Yard-of-Ales,” “glass tray liners,” “Liberty Bells,” “demijohns,” and “barrels.”

All of the imported articles were classified under provisions of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) as “[ajrticles chiefly used in…