Tower v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently December 1996
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 Gallagher & Ascher Co. v. United States · 13 Cust. Ct. 33 - Geier & Geier, Inc. v. United States · Schechter v. United States · Protest 85979-K of Baumgarten Bros.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * When used in the tariff sense, the word “prepared” is sometimes used synonymously with preserved, but, in a general sense, it implies that the fresh or raw material has undergone certain mechanical changes, such as cutting, slicing, grinding, mashing, mixing, etc., and usually implies that it has been advanced toward the condition in which it is used, and frequently such preparation either aids or accomplishes preservation. [P. 555.] [Emphasis supplied.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In the instant case, all of the witnesses, experienced men in the meat industry, agreed with the definition and also expressed their own opinions that the instant merchandise is not prepared because it has not been subjected to any of thé above-mentioned processes nor has any foreign substance been added.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Beef and Veal Description and uses. — The fresh carcasses, in addition to cuts for household, hotel, restaurant, and club uses, supply raw materials for pickled, cured and other prepared meats, for sausage, canned beef, and meat extracts. [Emphasis ours.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.