U.S. Plastic & Chemical Corp. v. United States

Donlon, Judge:

Plaintiff has sued, as an American manufacturer of buttons, for relief under section 516, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, protesting the tariff classification of certain polyester discs, imported from Japan, as button blanks. It is plaintiff’s claim that these discs are properly dutiable as buttons. The importer of the merchandise, Oriental Exporters, Inc., is the party in interest and has appeared with defendant in defense of the collector’s classification of this merchandise as button blanks.

When plaintiff rested, defendant moved for nonsuit on the ground that plaintiff’s…