Legal Opinion

Bercut-Vandervoort & Co. v. United States

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided November 14, 1958No. 4937Published

1Opinion of the CourtMartin, Judge

■ This is an appeal by the importer from the judgment of the United States Customs Court, Third Division, C.D. 1877, which overruled the protest against the assessment of internal révenue taxes on certain imported distilled spirits, to wit, 90 proof “London, dry gin,” imported from Holland and entered for consumption at the port of San Francisco on August 19, 1952, which assessment was levied at the rate of $10.50 per wine gallon under section- 2800(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, as amended by 65 Stat. 527.

No question is raised as to the rate or amount of regular customs •duties…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. CitroenSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Bohemian Distributing Co. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1945
  3. Rogan v. ConternoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
  4. Parrott & Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946

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