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· 6/27/1944

American Express Co. v. United States

Citations

  • 13 Cust. Ct. 342
  • 1944 Cust. Ct. LEXIS 922

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that the defendant invited the error when she and the state invoked the incorrect statutory framework
  • concluding that the defendant invited the error when she and the state invoked the incorrect statutory framework
  • “[T]he general rule is that if an appellant was actively instrumental in bringing about the error, then the appellant cannot be heard to com- plain, and the case ought not to be reversed because of it.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)

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Judges: Ekwall

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