Britton v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently August 1980
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.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * It is well settled that an eo nomine statutory designation of an article, without limitation or a shown contrary legislative intent, judicial decision, or administrative practice, and without proof of commercial designation, includes all forms of the article, Nootka Packing Co. et al. v. United States, 22 C.C.P.A. (Customs) 464, T.D. 47464. Whether an article which, at one stage of its production is appropriately classified under a particular designation, has been so altered by subsequent operations that that designation is no longer proper, is a question of fact, depending upon the circumstances of the case. John J. Coates Co. et al. v. United States, 44 C.C.P.A. (Customs) 97, C.A.D. 643. £ $ $ >Jt >>: $ In the instant ease, the only purpose of the starch was to act as a binder to hold the ground charcoal together. Except for that, its use was detrimental, since it produced an odor. According to the testimony herein, the briquettes are used for the same purpose as the charcoal in its original form- — to furnish heat for cooking. Although this particular type of charcoal, in its original form and in briquette form, has only one use, it may still be classified as charcoal. Wagner Bros. & Co. v. United States, supra. In our view, the evidence in this case is sufficient to establish that the imported merchandise is a form of wood charcoal. The grinding of the charcoal and forming it into briquettes with the use of starch as a binder did not effect so significant a”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Par. 216 [as modified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, T.D. 51802]. Articles or wares composed wholly or in part of carbon or graphite, wholly or partly manufactured, not specially provided for, 15% ad val.”
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.