Meyer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““The other fish are called ‘Kieler sprats.’ They are probably neither genuine sardines nor anchovies. This point, however, is not material. The evidence shows that, when pickled and packed in half barrels, they are commercially known as ‘Norwegian anchovies’; if put up in tins, and labeled ‘sardines,’ they are commercially known as ‘smoked sardines’; and, if labeled ‘sprats,’ they are commercially known as ‘sprats.’ The evidence before the board sufficiently supports the finding that these fish are commercially known as ‘smoked sardines in oil.’ The whole evidence tends to show that little fish of this general character, when thus put up in oil in tin boxes, are commercially recognized as belonging to the general class ‘sardines,’ although this particular species, when labeled ‘sprats,’ are known as ‘Kieler sprats.’ The facts bring the ease within the rule enunciated in Re Herrman, 52 Fed. 941 . The decision of the board of general appraisers affirming the act of the collector with reference to sprats is affirmed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wieland v. Collector of Port of San Francisco