Goffigon v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
May 1984
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Cunard Co v. Mellon · Street v. United States · Monroe Cattle Co. v. Becker · Sherwood Bros. v. District of Columbia · 13 Cust. Ct. 96 - Wilcon v. United States
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1.8 Hours of business. — (a) Except as hereinafter specified, each customs office shall be open for the transaction of general customs business between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 5 p. m. on all days of the year except Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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