Stewart-Warner Corporation v. The United States

EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.

In this customs case, the initial classification by the United States Customs Service of certain speedometers as “other” speedometers was rejected by the United States Court of International Trade, which held instead that they should be classified as “bicycle” speedometers. Appellant, the United States (Government), appeals the judgment of the Court of International Trade. We reverse.

Issues

The principal issue before this court is whether the trial court erred, as a matter of law, in holding that certain imported speedometers of a “bicycle-type,” used primarily…