Case Name: General Electric Company v. The United States
Court: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1982-06-10
Citations: 69 C.C.P.A. 166
Docket Number: Appeal No. 82-3
Parties: General Electric Company v. The United States
Judges: Before Markey, Chief Judge, Baldwin, Miller, and Nies, Associate Judges, and Kashiwa, Judge.
Reporter: Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 166–167

Head Matter:
(Appeal No. 82-3)
General Electric Company v. The United States
(681 F.2d 785)
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals,
June 10, 1982,
Louis Schneider, Bernard J. Babb, John A. Bessich, and Angela Pitsaris, of New York City, attorneys for appellant.
J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, Joseph I. Liebman, attorney-in-charge, and Saul Davis, of New York City, attorneys for appel-lee.
[Oral argument on May 3, 1982 by John A. Bessich for appellant and Saul Davis for appellee.]
Before Markey, Chief Judge, Baldwin, Miller, and Nies, Associate Judges, and Kashiwa, Judge.
The Honorable Shiro Kashiwa, Judge. U.S. Court of Claims, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
Markey, Chief Judge.
Appeal from the judgment of the United States Court of International Trade, 2 CIT 84, 525 F. Supp. 1244 (1981), dismissing importer's action challenging the classification of certain electronic and amplifier packs. We affirm.
OPINION
We agree with the decision of the Court of International Trade that the imported electronic and amplifier packs were correctly classified in TSUS, items 685.23 and 684.70, respectively. Accordingly, we affirm, the judgment below and adopt the trial court's opinion as our own.
The relevant provisions of the Tariff Schedules of The United States (TSUS) are:
General interpretative rule 10(h)
unless the context requires otherwise, a tariff description for an article covers such article, whether assembled or not assembled, and whether finished or not finished;
Schedule 6, Part 5
Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus; radiobroadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus, and parts thereof.
Other [than television apparatus and parts thereof]:
[Electronic packs 685.23 Solid-state (tubeless) radio receivers. 10.4% ad val. classified].
[Electronic packs 685.25 Other. 6% ad val. claimed].
[Amplifier packs 684.70 Microphones; loudspeakers; headphones; audio frequency 7.5% ad val. classified]. electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets comprised of the foregoing components; and parts of the foregoing articles (including microphone stands).
[Amplifier packs 685.32 Record players, phonographs, record changers, turn 5.5% ad val. claimed]. tables, and tone arms, and parts of the foregoing.