Miles v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1977
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Applies 19 U.S.C. § 1514 (Tariff Act of 1930)
Relies on United States v. Baylis Bros. · E. Dillingham, Inc. v. United States · General Instrument Corp. v. United States · General Instrument Corp. v. United States · Amplifone Corp. 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Articles assembled abroad in whole or in part of fabricated components, the product of the United States, which (a) were exported in condition ready for assembly without, further fabrication. (b) have not lost their physical identity in such articles by change in form, shape, or otherwise, and (c) have not been advanced in value or improved in condition abroad except by being assembled and excent bv onerations incidental to the assembly process such as cleaning, lubricating, and painting...........A duty upon the full value of the imported article, less the cost or value of such products of the United States (see headnote 3 of this subpart)”
2 later decisions 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.