Vandergrift Forwarding Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently April 1983
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 Pickhardt v. Merritt · Murphy v. Arnson
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * The witness’ testimony was directed toward the matter of similitude between the imported adhesive tapes and gummed paper. On direct examination, the witness stated that both commodities — these adhesive tapes and gummed paper — are used for “sealing packages, holding, and securing.” On cross-examination, he explained certain essential differences between the two products. Confronted with gummed paper (defendant’s illustrative exhibit A), the witness admitted that such paper is opaque, while the adhesive tapes in question are transparent. He stated further that gummed paper must be moistened for effective use, whereas pressure alone is sufficient for practical use of the imported adhesive tapes. In his testimony on redirect examination, the witness stated that although some gummed papers, like the merchandise in question, is pressure sensitive, all gummed paper is opaque. There are no gummed papers that are transparent, like the self-adhesive tapes in question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In applying herein the rule for determining the “component material of chief value,” recognition must be given to the positive distinction between the words “component” and “ingredient.” The word “component” is defined in Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary as “a constituent element or part.” The same authority defines the word “ingredient” as “that which is placed in or specifically enters into the constitution of any mixture or compound, or is a component part of any conglomerate * * It follows therefrom, with respect to the merchandise under consideration, that the component materials of these self-adhesive tapes are the “adhesive mass” and the “cellophane.” * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Finished * * * articles, not specially provided for, made in chief value from transparent sheets, bands, or strips * * * [of compounds of cellulose].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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