United States v. Ataka America, Inc.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Market, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by the Government from a judgment of Abe United States Customs Court, 76 Cust. Ct. 70, C.D. 4637, 411 F. Supp. 779 (1975), sustaining Ataka's protest of the classification of imported goods known as fiberscopes under item 709.05, Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS), as “Other” optical instruments. Ataka claimed, and the Customs Court held, classification to be proper under item 709.17, TSUS, as “Other” electro-medical apparatus. We reverse.
The involved TSUS provisions are:
Medical, dental, surgical and veterinary instruments and apparatus…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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