General
Lafayette Elec. Mfg. Corp. et al. v. United States, protests 63/2608, etc. (New York)
59 Cust. Ct. 882·United States Customs Court·1967
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Opinion
No. P67/297.
Lafayette Elec. Mfg. Corp. et al. v. United States, protests 63/2608, etc. (New York).
[MAJORITY — Ford, J.]
Ford, J.
In accordance with stipulation of counsel that the items of merchandise marked “A” covered by the foregoing protests consist of earphones similar in all material respects to those the subject of Motorola, Inc., and International Expediters, Inc. v. United States (54 Cust. Ct. 303, Abstract 69019), and that the items of merchandise marked “B” consist of earphones and microphones which are not suitable for controlling, distributing, modifying, producing, or rectifying electrical energy and that said merchandise, in fact, consists of articles haring as an essential feature an electrical element or device, wholly or in chief value of metal, the claim of the plaintiffs was sustained.