Chicago Mica Co. v. United States

Importers have here appealed from a judgment of the United States Customs Court overruling their protests against the classification by the Collector of Customs of certain mica, hereinafter more particularly described, imported from Canada in 1929 and 1930, while the Tariff Act of 1922 was in force. The classification was under paragraph 208 of the said act, duty being taken at 4 cents per pound. The paragraph, in full, reads:

Par. 208. Mica, unmanufactured, valued at not above 15 cents per pound, 4 cents per pound; valued above 15 cents per pound, 25 per centum ad valorem; mica, cut or…