United States Federal Circuit

United States Customs Service correctly classified imported bovine fat trimmings as a meat under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 19 USC 1202, because it was a mixture of fat and lean, and fat adhering to meat does not preclude a classification as meat.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/08/2001
• Published 01/08/2001

Judges

• LOURIE, Circuit Judge., Before LOURIE, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rufus E. Jarman, Jr., Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, of New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barbara S. Williams, Attorney, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, International Trade Field Office, Department of Justice, of New York, NY, argued for defendant-appellee.   With her on the brief were David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC;  and Joseph I. Liebman, Attorney in Charge, International Trade Field Office.