United States Customs Court

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Article I tribunal former federal court specialized trial court

The United States Customs Court was a former federal trial court that specialized in adjudicating disputes over customs and international trade matters before being replaced by the United States Court of International Trade.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
U.S. Customs Court 1
United States Customs Court of the United States 1
United States customs court system 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Article I tribunal ⓘ
former federal court ⓘ
specialized trial court ⓘ
abolished 1980 ⓘ
adjudicated disputes over customs duties ⓘ
disputes over customs valuation ⓘ
disputes over import classifications ⓘ
disputes over international trade matters ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States Customs Court ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Customs Court

United States Customs Court ⓘ
surface form: United States Customs Court of the United States
appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ⓘ
authorizedBy federal statute ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
dateTransformedFromBoardOfGeneralAppraisers 1926 ⓘ
decisionsBindingOn U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
surface form: United States Customs Service
hadJudgesAppointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
hadJudgesConfirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
hadNationwideJurisdiction true ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis federal customs statutes of the United States ⓘ
level trial court ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
natureOfJudgeships fixed-term judgeships ⓘ
notArticleIII true ⓘ
originatedAs Board of General Appraisers ⓘ
predecessorOf United States Court of International Trade ⓘ
replacedBy United States Court of International Trade ⓘ
seat New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
specialization customs law ⓘ
international trade law ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction customs and trade disputes involving the United States ⓘ
succeededBy United States Court of International Trade ⓘ
surface form: Article III United States Court of International Trade
transformedFrom Board of General Appraisers ⓘ
typeOfCases civil cases ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Customs Court → alsoKnownAs → United States Customs Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Customs Court
United States Customs Court → alsoKnownAs → United States Customs Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs Court of the United States
Board of General Appraisers → dissolved → United States Customs Court ⓘ
CIT → hasPredecessor → United States Customs Court ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Court of International Trade
Board of General Appraisers → hasSuccessor → United States Customs Court ⓘ
United States Court of International Trade → predecessor → United States Customs Court ⓘ
CIT → predecessorInstanceOf → United States Customs Court ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Court of International Trade
Customs Courts Act of 1980 → reorganizes → United States Customs Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States customs court system
Board of General Appraisers → replacedBy → United States Customs Court ⓘ