Domestic Fuel Corp. v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States Customs Court, First Division, wherein the court by a majority opinion (Brown, J., dissenting) overruled so much of appellant’s protest, No. 643579-G, as involved the importation of certain coal briquets from Germany, said briquets having been produced in. that country. The protest claimed that the briquets were free of duty under paragraph 1650 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

The Customs Court held that the said briquets were properly subject to the tax assessed by the collector at the rate of 10 cents per 100 pounds under the provisions of…