Legal Opinion
Russ Berrie & Company, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 27, 2004No. 04-1084PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The issue in this customs case is whether jewelry reflecting Christmas and Halloween themes is properly classified as “imitation jewelry” under heading 7117 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States (“Schedules”), as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) classified the imports, or as “[f]es-tive ... articles” under heading 9505, as the Court of International Trade held they should have been classified. We hold that the proper classification, as Customs ruled, is under heading 7117 and therefore reverse the judgment of the Court of…
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