United States Customs Court, 1957

Stanford Seed Co. v. United States

Stanford Seed Co. v. United States
United States Customs Court · Decided June 18, 1957 · Donlon, Richardson
38 Cust. Ct. 548
Stanford Seed Co. v. United States

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Richardson, J.

In accordance with stipulation of counsel that the merchandise consists of bird’s-foot trefoil seed similar in all material respects to that the subject of Transcontinental Seed, Inc. (Alltransport, Incorporated) v United States (29 Cust. Ct. 163, C. D. 1462), the claim of the plaintiffs was sustained.

Dissenting Opinion

Donlon, J.,

dissented, holding: “As I indicated in Albert Dickinson Co. v. United States, 35 Cust. Ct. 359, Abstract 59603, I do not concur in the decision in Transcontinental Seed, Inc. v. United States, 29 Cust. Ct. 163, C. D. 1462, the record of which has been incorporated in the record of this case. In my opinion, the protest should be overruled.”

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