A. Zerkowitz & Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “* * * the ball measurement is a line running completely around tbe last intersecting tbe joints of tbe large and small toes. Tbe waist measurement is a line running completely around tbe last approximately one inch in back of tbe ball measurement halfway between tbe cone and tbe base of tbe last. Tbe instep measurement is a line running completely around tbe last approximately one inch in back of tbe waist measurement halfway between tbe cone and tbe base of tbe last. Tbe length measurement is a straight line running from tbe forward end of tbe toe to tbe rear of tbe heel. Tbe width measurement is a straight line running across tbe bottom of tbe last measured at the ball or tbe widest part of tbe foot.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. A. Zerkowitz & Co. v. United States

2. ““The evidence offered at the trial seems to suggest that some lasts, particularly those for tennis oxfords, are so made that the shoes made with their use are suitable for and are worn by members of both sexes — in other words, that such a last might not necessarily be specifically identified with either male or female shoes. In this connection, the testimony of plaintiff’s own witness, who made the last of the imported shoe, to the effect that shoes made on that last ‘can fit boys or girls,’ is particularly noteworthy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. De Vahni International, Inc. v. United States

3. “Further, there seems to be no question but that footwear of the type here in issue is made on lasts, which are blocks or forms shaped like feet, with the use of which shoes and other footwear are made. Both parties are in agreement that the term “men’s, youths’, or boys’,” as used in the trade agreement modification of paragraph 1530(e), supra, refers to members of the male sex.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. A. Zerkowitz & Co. v. United States