Endicott Johnson Corp. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “By strengthening the fabric of which the uppers were made, the arch support stitching permitted the plaintiff to substitute a lower cost fabric and thereby reduce the cost of the footwear ultimately produced from the imported uppers. Clearly, achieving an economic benefit by using arch support stitching cannot be characterized as an “ornamental” or “decorative” purpose.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Endicott Johnson Corp. · United States v. Endicott Johnson Corp.

2. “it must be concluded that adornment or decoration is not the arch stitching’s primary effect. Significant in this respect is Mr. McGowan’s testimony that 80 percent of the sneakers in issue were white with white arch stitching and that since the arch stitching was also white, it was not readily visible.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Endicott Johnson Corp. · United States v. Endicott Johnson Corp.

3. “Schedule 3 Headnotes: 3. For the purposes of the tariff schedules— (a) the term "ornamented", as used with reference to textile fabrics and other articles of textile materials, means fabrics and other articles of textile materials which are ornamented with— (i) fibers, filaments (including tinsel wire and lame), yarns, or cordage, any of the foregoing introduce'd as needlework or otherwise, including— ****** (B) other types of ornamentation, but not including functional stitching or one row of straight hemstitching ajoining a hem [emphasis ours]; ****** Schedule 3, Part 7. Subpart B: Suboart B headnote: 1. This subpart covers articles, of textile materials, not covered elsewhere in the tariff sched- • ules. Articles not specially provided for, of textile materials: Lace or net articles, whether or not ornamented, and other articles ornamented: 386.04 Of cotton..................40% ad val. ****** Other articles, not ornamented: Of cotton: ***** .50 Other................... 14% ad val.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Endicott Johnson Corp.