Fish v. Brophy’s Empirical Analysis
52 F.2d 198 · 1931
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 19 U.S.C. § 481 · 19 U.S.C. § 506
Relies on Carroll v. United States · Dumbra v. United States · Gambino v. United States · Stacey v. Emery · Maul 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“section 581 (predecessor to section 1581(a)) applies only to vessels arriving in or bound for the United States and carrying goods or persons from foreign ports. . . . It is hard to believe that the Legislature intended, in section 581, to place private pleasure boats in the same position as vessels importing cargo into the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“which would justify a belief that plaintiff's boat, a pleasure craft, was carrying a cargo from a foreign port into the United States,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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