Legal Opinion
United States v. George S. Bush & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1940No. 613PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals held invalid the Proclamation made by the President of the United States on May 1, 1934, increasing the duty on canned clams imported from Japan. 104 P. 2d 368. We granted certiorari because of the importance of that deci sion to the administration of the flexible tariff provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (46 Stat. 590).
In compliance with § 336 (a) of that Act, the Tariff Commission, in response to an application for an increased duty on canned clams, instituted an investigation in June 1932, gave public notice of the hearing, held the hearing in…
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