Mita Copystar America v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting the well settled principle of law that merchandise is classified in its condition as imported thereby precluding classification as unmixed products because the fact that the substances had to be mixed prior to use was not relevant
• “[i]t is well settled law that merchandise is classified according to its condition when imported”
• “[A]bsent a showing of legal error in the construction of a tariff term, we, like the trial court, should uphold a Customs’ classification decision.”
• “It is well settled law that merchandise is classified according to its condition when imported.”
• “A court may rely upon its own understanding of terms used, and may consult standard lexicographic and scientific authorities, to determine the common meaning of a tariff term.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).