District Judge Lucy Koh gave a court order rescinding a ban on US sales that was part of a patent dispute with Apple.
The ban was in place after Apple claimed the device infringed its intellectual property.
Separately, Samsung said Tuesday that Apple's iPhone 5 violates its patents.
Apple and Samsung, the two market leaders in the lucrative smartphone market, are embroiled in patent disputes in as many as 10 countries.
The ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 had been placed before a month-long patent trial between Apple and Samsung.
In August, at the conclusion of that trial Apple was awarded a victory on many of its patent violation claims where it said Samsung had copied Apple's iPhone and iPad designs. It was also awarded more than $1bn (£664m) in damages.
However, the jury found that Samsung had not violated the patent that was the basis for the ban on the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Samsung, therefore, argued for the sales ban to be lifted.
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