Marks v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A consideration of these pronouncements of the courts leads to the conclusion that if an importer brings into the country, at the same time, certain parts, which are designed to form, when joined or attached together, a complete article of commerce, and when it is further shown that the importer intends to so use them, these parts will be considered for tariff purposes as entireties, even though they may be unattached or inclosed in separate packages, and even though said parts might have a commercial value and be salable separately. [Emphasis supplied.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Prescolite Mfgr. Corp. v. United States

2. “* * * We have teapots with cozies. Without the cozies, we have teapots, but the metal covers which act as cozies are of no conceivable use when separated from the particular teapots for which they were designed. [Emphasis supplied.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Prescolite Mfgr. Corp. v. United States