Friedman v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 19 U.S.C. § 1501 (Tariff Act of 1930)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. · United States v. Herrman · United States v. Kurt Orban Co. · Friedman v. United States
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Conclusory statements are not proofs of the facts on which the conclusions might be based. It is for the court to find, on the weight of factual evidence and where export value is the basis of appraisement, what price is and in what principal market. Mere assertion of the finding that is claimed by an importer, is not adequate proof of facts sufficient for the court to make the findings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Such a repudiation of the capacity in which it is claimed that the commission was paid would justify a determination by an appraising officer that the commission was not, in fact, a bona fide buying commission * *”
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.