Sullivan v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
June 1965
most recently cited
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Relies on Bailey-Mora Co. v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“It is apparent from the record herein that the imported merchandise falls within the common meaning of the term “hat,” since it is fit to be worn as a covering for the heads of children. The fact that a hat is flimsily constructed and might not be colorfast does not detract from its being a hat, any more than a phonograph is less of a phonograph, because it is flimsily constructed, as in the case of Louis Wolf & Co., Bing Wolf Corp. v. United States, 19 Ct. Cust. Appls. 132 , T.D. 45258, wherein the court made the following conclusion: We conclude upon the record before us that the merchandise involved is a phonograph. It may be a poor one, but, as far as we are advised, it lacks no essential element necessary to entitle it to be regarded as such for tariff purposes. * * *”
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