Lemans Corp. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing Ruble’s Costume and noting that the decency or comfort features were secondary to the festive value of the costumes
• analyzing a list of examples provided in the Explanatory Notes in interpreting the term “sports equipment”
• “Use of Explanatory Notes in this manner to interpret a heading of the HTSUS is entirely proper.”
• “[T]he merchandise in this case does not contain protective or specialized features to the same degree as the ‘crash helmets’ used by motorcycle and auto racers.... ”
• “[W]e construe the terms used in the headings and subheadings according to their common and popular meaning, which may be drawn from our own understanding, dictionaries and other reliable sources.” (citations and internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[W]e construe the terms used in the headings and subheadings according to their common and popular meaning, which may be drawn from our own understanding, dictionaries and other reliable sources.” (citations and internal quotation marks omit- ted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).