Porter v. United States

Landis, Judge;

For the fourth time in less than six months, the Court is faced with a motion by plaintiff in David E. Porter v. United States, Court No. 76-6-01448, Cross-Appeals 79-30 and 80-1. On this occasion, plaintiff has moved for an order, pursuant to Customs Court Rule 13.1, to settle the record on appeal in this case. The defendant has deferred to the court’s discretion.

As frequently happens, the question is essentially a simple one, but the parties, by their various pleadings, have complicated the issue.

A history of this case will be helpful.

In David E. Poster v. United States, 82…