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David Kaufman & Sons Company v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 7, 1910No. 668PublishedCited by 17 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Per curiam

It is established that to give this court jurisdiction on a direct appeal from, or writ of. error to, a Circuit Court on' the ground of á constitutional question, such question must be real and substantial, and hot a mere claim 'in. words.

This was an action brought against the Collector of Customs for the recovery of duties paid under the act of March 2, 1905, ' 33 Stats. 843, entitled, “ An act fixing the status of merchan dise coining into the United States from the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama,” providing “that all,laws affecting imports of articles, goods, wares, and merchandise and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Downes v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Town of GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  2. United States v. Helen Washington, J. D. Richard Green, Melvin Jay Quick and Glenn C. WebbCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Jewel Rose Hyde Patricia Yvonne Gray Karen Boothe, A/K/A Karen Boothe-Waller, A/K/A Karen Ann Marie BootheCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  4. Lincoln v. PowerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. Yeung How v. NorthSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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