# Lewis v. Tobacco Workers' International Union

> Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · May 10, 1978 · 577 F.2d 1135

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8906913

## Case

- **Full name:** Nora LEWIS, Elizabeth Bullock, Mary Carter, Betty Johnson, and Gertrude Moody, each Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated v. TOBACCO WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, an unincorporated association, Philip Morris, Incorporated, a corporation, and Local 203, Tobacco Workers' International Union, an unincorporated association, Defendants Nora LEWIS, Elizabeth Bullock, Mary Carter, Betty Johnson, and Gertrude Moody, each Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated v. LOCAL 203, TOBACCO WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, an unincorporated association, and Philip Morris, Incorporated, a corporation, Tobacco Workers' International Union, an unincorporated association, Defendants Nora LEWIS, Elizabeth Bullock, Mary Carter, Betty Johnson, and Gertrude Moody, each Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated v. PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED, a corporation, Tobacco Workers' International Union, an unincorporated association, and Local 203, Tobacco Workers' International Union, an unincorporated association
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- **Decided:** May 10, 1978
- **Citations:** 577 F.2d 1135; 17 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 622; 16 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 8310; 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 11240
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 15 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
Both parties have agreed that the decision and judgment of this court dated December 1, 1977 in the consolidated appeals of Yale University v. Department of Commerce, Domestic and International Business Administration, Office of Import Programs, No. 76-18, and Brown University v. Department of Commerce, Domestic and International Business Administration, Office of Import Programs, No. 76-30, Cust. & Pat. App., 579 F.2d 626 , governs the issues in this appeal, and requires reversal of the denial by appellee of appellant’s Request for Duty-Free Entry of the electron microscope, Philips Electronics, Model EM 201C.
Accordingly, the decision of the Department of Commerce is reversed.

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