Merritt v. Cameron’s Empirical Analysis
137 U.S. 542 · 1890
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions (21 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2020 · most notably United States v. Missouri Pacific Railroad (1929), Fairbank v. United States (1901)
28 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Edwards' Lessee v. Darby · Robertson v. Downing · United States v. Hill · Davies v. Miller
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The first clause of the section means simply that, if there has been no change in the rate of duty after the merchandise has been entered in bond, and the withdrawal of the merchandise takes place afterwards within one year from the date of the importation, the duties to be paid are such as are fixed by the law in force at the date of withdrawal.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On the entry of * * * any merchandise, the decision of the collector of customs at the port of importation and entry, as to the rate and amount of duties to be paid * * * on such merchandise, and the dutiable costs and charges thereon, shall be final and conclusive against all persons interested therein, unless * * * the owner, importer, consignee or agent of the merchandise, * * * shall, within ten days after the ascertainment and liquidation of the duties by the proper officers of the customs, as well in cases of merchandise entered in bond as for consumption, give notice in writing to the collector on each entry, if dissatisfied ■with his decision, setting forth therein, distinctly and specifically, the grounds of his objection thereto, and shall, within thirty days after the date of such the ascertainment and liquidation, appeal therefrom * * *.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“‡ # # # # % Upon a careful examination of the question at issue, we are of opinion .that, the ascertainment and liquidation of the duties upon merchandise entered in bond for warehouse may take place at any time after the original entry of the-merchandise, and that it is not required to be delayed until the importer chooses to withdraw his goods for consumption. The ten days referred to in section 2931, [Revised Statutes] within which the importer is allowed to protest, begin to run upon such ascertainment and liquidation of the duties;, and, therefore, the protest, in the case at bar was too late. i}c * %”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.