Federal Circuit Upholds Method for Weighing Tobacco Wraps
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a May 6 order upheld CBP's method for weighing importer New Image Global's tobacco wraps in a customs spat. Issuing a two-page order without an opinion, Judges Timothy Dyk, Jimmie…
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Reyna and Todd Hughes affirmed the Court of International Trade's ruling which said that CBP's "indirect method" for weighing New Image's tobacco wraps that included the weight of additives was legally and scientifically valid.