Lee v. Thornton’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 19 U.S.C. § 1459 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1460 · 19 U.S.C. § 1595A (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1602 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1603 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1604 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1606 (Tariff Act of 1930) · 19 U.S.C. § 1607 (Tariff Act of 1930)
Relies on Hagans v. Lavine · Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · Gibson v. Berryhill · Helvering v. Mitchell
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“introduced ... into the United States contrary to law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No. 80-5158
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.