Schott Optical Glass, Inc. v. The United States

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the United States Court of International Trade entered on remand from our decision in Schott Optical Glass, Inc. v. United States, 750 F.2d 62 (Fed.Cir.1984) (Schott II). On remand, the appellant was given the opportunity to demonstrate that a prior Court of Customs and Patent Appeals decision construing the term “optical glass” in a customs classification was clearly erroneous. The Court of International Trade held that appellant had failed so to demonstrate, and sustained the Customs Service’s classification of appellant’s…