Tower v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
September 1986
most recently cited
Most-quoted passages
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“Par. 214. Earthy or mineral substances wholly or partly manufactured and articles, wares, and materials (crude or advanced in condition), composed wholly or in chief value of earthy or mineral substances, not specially provided for, whether susceptible of decoration or not, if not decorated in any manner, 30 per centum ad valorem; * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“* * * It seems to be the product of a process by -which the gangue or slag is separated from the ore by heat. The importation here is such a product; the rock and slag has been removed and the ore is imported.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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