Legal Opinion
Austin Chemical Company, Inc. v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 31, 1987No. 87-1331PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(5) (1982), from a judgment of the United States Court of International Trade that reversed a Customs Service classification of a drug, 659 F.Supp. 229 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1987). We affirm.
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A. The issue in this case is the proper classification for Customs purposes of imported D( — ) mandelic acid. Mandelic acid can exist in two three-dimensional forms or “isomers”: D( — ) and L(+). A one-to-one (or “racemic") mixture is called DL mandelic acid. When only one isomer is present the compound is said to be “optically…
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