carrier by railroad
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 265 U.S. 425 - United States v. American Ry Express Co Southeastern Express Co · 1924Most cited · 1,494 citing opinions
The natural meaning of the term 'carrier by railroad' is one who operates a railroad, not one whose shipments are carried by a railroad.
How often courts cite the cases defining “carrier by railroad”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “carrier by railroad” — 1,528 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1924–1924
- 1924·265 U.S. 292 - United States ex rel. Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigerator Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission[p9]· cited 43×ORIGINAL
one who operates a railroad as a means of carrying for the public—that is to say, a railroad company acting as a common carrier