Porter v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Upon review of the Court’s decision and the entry papers in this case, counsel belatedly recognizes an oversight in the merchandise described in its summary judgment motion. Although the merchandise embraced by the entries in litigation include transverse seats, window seats (both of which are mounted at a right angle to the direction of travel), and longitudinal seats (mounted in the direction of travel), plaintiff’s motion inadvertently addressed only the transverse seats. It should have included the window and longitudinal seats, as these are similar in design to the transverse seats and are exclusively dedicated as parts of the BART rail vehicle. * * * (Plaintiff’s motion to amend judgment, pp. 2-3.) [Emphasis supplied.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. United States